Yang Sec of Treasury?

Susan Rice can't get confirmed. Benghazi, ya know.

That's an interesting one I hadn't thought of (and seems really a really obvious possibility when you say it)

SI

I saw somewhere that they may try to coax Pat Toomey out of the senate (he’s already announced he isn’t running again) with commerce or treasury. They are going to have to get people through the senate, so I’m guessing Rice is probably going to be in a position that doesn’t require confirmation.

I'd like to se Sec. of State Obama.

Biden should put Hillary as AG and let her go after Trump :devil:

I think we will see a lot of the younger Democrats who lost their elections this time around, get to play some part in a Biden government to strengthen their candidacy for their next elections. Not sure other than Mayor Pete to get a Secretary spot, but a undersecretary sure, or be part of committees on health care, voting rights, racial justice, etc.

Can you imagine?

Other than saying the Benghazi attacks were from protestors who were upset with an anti-Muslim video on YouTube, I don't see anything wrong with her assessment of the situation.

Doesn't matter the facts, just how it looks and the GOP has gone hard on how Benghazi was this disaster because it was sortof tied to Hillary

SI

I want Vinnick as SOS, for real. Sadly that's not our reality.

Mayor pete should be chief of staff. Could you imagine the rights heads exploding with a black woman and a gay man in those positions.

Ron Klain is almost definitely Chief of Staff. Buttigieg doesn't have the experience for that important of a job. Put him in charge of the VA.

I don't think any Dem Senators will be offered a slot as every Senate slot is important.

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I heard a good one - Offer Susan Collins Sec of State and let the Dem Maine governor appoint her replacement.

Just had the frightening thought that he'd make Hillary a cabinet position

Per @Politico, frontrunners for Biden cabinet include:
State: Susan Rice
AG: Doug Jones
HHS: Michelle Lujan Grisham
Transport: Eric Garcetti
Commerce: Meg Whitman
Energy: Ernest Moniz
Interior: Tom Udall
Agriculture: Heidi Heitkamp
VA: Pete Buttigieg https://t.co/SkN9Rsjhyr

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) November 7, 2020

Bernie for education and surgeon general

Meg Whitman? What's the logic for that one?

Al Franken for Press Secretary anyone? tagteaming with Tom Hartman

oh yes he really needs to be out front and center

but that wouldn't actually work because of most of the country being brainwashed against hillary

Balderdash! The country voted for her to be president.

With Phil Hartman on my mind after my Admiral Stockdale reference, I read this differently. But man that would have been awesome (Al and Phil).

Well, I'm just going to say that after 4 years, I've had enough of comedians as the WH Press Secretary.

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HA! Yeah, but this time we could at least laugh WITH them.

Please no. Her track record of business success is similar to Trump.

Id like to see a spot for Vindeman. Maybe as an ambassador or something.

ambassadors are what you give to people that are terrible at public speaking and no one cares about

can we PLEASE have some fucking progressives on the fucking cabinet?

Only happens if we can flip the Senate.

Even then, I am pretty sure it will progressive light. Biden will recognize the help, but the cabinet is not going to be heavy left.

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TIL I am qualified to be an ambassador!

When the public doesn't approve of a public figure, whether it's brainwashing or truth depends on the letter by their name. If R, truth. If D, brainwashing.

Anyone know if tarcone has recovered yet?

No, he's still an Iowa fan.

Exactly, didn't she just run a billion dollar startup into the ground and isn't she a Republican to boot?

Nah, she's getting her little F*** You Moment as electoral voter, that ought to be enough really. He has so many things to do, i doubt there's any political capital to spare for spite. If there's a lot of baggage (and deserved or not hardly matters), that's only worth it for someone really perfect for a job without any good alternatives.

Any word on Stacey Abrams having a potential spot in Biden's cabinet? I remember reading she was in line for one after helping to deliver Georgia.

Biden’s planned executive actions include:

- Rejoin Paris climate accord
- Reverse Muslim ban
- Reinstate DACA
- Reverse Trump rollback of ~100 Obama health/environmental rules @mviser @seungminkim @AnnieLinskey https://t.co/MOmfWfjnAJ

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) November 8, 2020

I think Abrams should get one for sure. She's earned it. HHS?

My twelve year old set a alarm that just went off. He wants to hear Biden’s speech. What world have I just entered?

We are waiting for the speech and like I mentioned earlier... I don't like the lack of social distancing. Masks are good. Outside is good. But everyone is way too close together.

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You sir, have done something right if you have a 12-year-old that aware of and interested in the political realm. My compliments.

My just turned 19 year old (Today), came home from college this past weekend. She works at 6 flags and needs money. She stayed with us until Tuesday, so she could vote. My 20 year old said she voted.

Happy I raised them right.

Great speech by Kamala. And then Joe runs up the ramp (compare that to how Trump tried to walk down one, lol).

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Pushing to Clemson - ND game to USA from NBC is not going to make Joe Biden any more popular in SC or IN.

Not gonna lie, Dude is talking to me.

This is a very very good speech by Biden. Arguably the best one he's ever given.

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Love it, but he's veering towards the mistake Obama made defining his success as overcoming partisanship.

And he has given some great ones

My 10 year old is loving every minute of it.

What may be better is we took my 21 year old niece and her boyfriend to dinner tonight and had intelligent and engaging conversation about the election. They are both smart kids, but their understanding of this election and politics in general was way better than mine was at that age.

Feel like 20 pounds was lifted from my shoulders

Where?

Harris was amazing.

Anyone notice neither of them have mentioned Trump?

I am impressed and hopeful and relieved

EDIT: And inspired

How does Tru,mp overcome that?

Biden totally landed the ending of that speech. Never knew he could give such an inspiring speech.

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We need to cooperate and that's what I plan to do and I'll call on Congress to do the same.

They need a message for when McConnell inevitably says no. What do they do when the GOP doesn't want to cooperate? Obama didn't have a good answer for that.

Just unreal how different this all is after the past four years.

Until the God bless our church that he thought about fixing but realized it was too late.

my facebook post

I hope that the countries atmosphere is different.

I hope they see what they had in Trump and cooperate in the exact opposite way of the last 4 years.

I hope Biden is a leader.

I hope Harris governs and has some great ideas she can make work. Free healthcare, more money for education.

The question is will Mcconnell let them?

Joe has already started to.

100%, I am proud to be an American again and an immigrant who has flourished in this great country!

Andrew Yang is moving to Georgia to help with the Senate campaign. He is trying to get his "Yang Gang" all to come and be apart.

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Frankly it depends on who she voted in this fucked up election sorry to say.

I was just about as good a speech as he could’ve given under the circumstances.

Great to here!

Frankly it depends on who she voted in this fucked up election sorry to say.

Great speech overall. So happy to have some dignity restored. We will see how much policy can get done but this should help the healing, unity and dignity of the country

It's the first time in a couple of years that I've had some serious hope. Like I get that it'll be dashed the minute he tries to do something in the Senate, but it was the right message at the right time. Biden's combination of empathetic mourner and unifier is what we really need right now. Let's hope it works.

SI

Make America great again.
by @edelstudio
/ @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris pic.twitter.com/VFKIAwOEco

— DER SPIEGEL (@derspiegel) November 7, 2020

Take from just about the biggest news plattform/weekly in germany. No pressure ;)

Thought both speeches were good

Felt good to take a moment to breath today.

Now they just need to prevent trump from trashing the country out of tantrum over the next two months.

dola: or does he step down and turn it over to Pence, he does have a history of running away once the consequences of his mismanagement start to take shape.

Yeah, people shouldn't be allowed to vote if their opinion differs from yours. Shut up, you idiot.

I like Yang (got his t-shirt for the novelty) but think he is too lightweight for that Top-5 post. Maybe deputy and prime him for 2nd term?

Love this idea!

I like Susan Rice as Secretary of State. As a former National Security Advisor, she is well aware of all the threats (and assume realities of China).

Other than for the most important countries, I've read ambassadors are "thank you for your contribution/support to my campaign/me"

Don't know how long it will last, but my conservative friends are swearing off Fox News and Facebook for being too liberal.

If they could get off of Twitter too that would be great.

Yeah why do they keep talking about going to Parler on other social media sites. Just go already.

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FWIW, woke up this morning, got a cup of coffee, started reading news, and then realized ...

Hope majority of us that voted for Biden enjoyed yesterday. Remember the feeling. Likely the peak of euphoria and better than fair chance it all goes downhill politically from here.

Biden is the proverbial "in between a rock (GOP) and hard place (radical left)" and has coronavirus event to deal with.

Cool that he is a dog person and has a rescue German Shepard.

Joe Biden's Major to Be First Rescue Dog in White House | PEOPLE.com

We know how Parler is going to end up, it's going to become 4-Chan. If there's really no content moderation, once it reaches enough users, it will start to fill up with violent and abusive content, pornography, endless spam and bots, etc. These people are looking for a Q friendly Twitter, but there's no money in that.

I still don't know what the radical left is? People who want clean energy? People who want healthcare?

I think I know how Trump is going to steal the election, or at least try. They are going to wait until very late into the process before filing any actual fraud claims. They have only up to this point tried to slow down the counting (and notice they did that even in states where he was down). What they are trying to do is run out the clock on certification. If they can delay the count for so long, then delay the recounts for so long they can prevent certification by the state legislated days. What happens if an election never gets certified? My understanding the electors will be chosen by the state legislatures. They will file suits in GOP controlled states, enough to over turn the election. Meanwhile, there is no way that trials would ever finish in time. It is simple playing out the clock. His people will be fine with it since they already believe that the election is stolen.

Will it work? It is really up to the courts. Would they put a stay on certifying the election without some real evidence?

Interesting scenario, never thought of this. I have to believe Biden's lawyers have put this in their "risk register" and have/will formulate a defense.

Pennsylvania's state Senate Majority leader (GOP) a couple days ago

“The PA election code says electors go to the popular vote winner. The Legislature has no ability to appoint electors.”

This from the Detriot Free Press:
Dec. 8 — “Safe Harbor” deadline

The Electoral Count Act, which Congress passed in 1887, contains a “safe harbor” clause that frees a state from further legal challenge if it certifies its election results at least six days before the state’s electors meet. That means that if the state issues a final tally of the votes cast in its presidential contest by Dec. 8, 2020, Congress is required to accept the state’s electoral votes. If legal disputes remain unresolved, Congress could decide which slate of electoral votes to count.

He said "troops" not "church. Not sure where you watched it but I checked it out on youtube (working while it was live) and one station had a close up of Joe as he made the comment and you can clearly read his lips.

The first one I watched, as he made this comment, was from far away and I thought of your comment and went "huh, I think that is troops, not church". Found this video that is right on Biden as he makes the comment. Approx. the 15 minute mark "may God protect our troops"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkqWtrj1oAk

He has said God bless out troops at the end of almost every time I saw him speak.

Leaving Twitter for Parler is the GOP version of leaving the US for Canada on the Dem side.

I must have misheard.

And I'm certain that whoever they are, they don't have much of any power.

This kind of BS is why Biden is ultimately going to fail in unifying the country, regardless of how badly he wants it and tries. Things are only going to get worse, not better. I hope I'm wrong. I hope the same way 4 years of constantly listening to Trump caused tensions to boil over, perhaps 4 years of listening to calm grandpa will have an effect on the collective American psyche. But as long as the right is listening to and believing this crap, it won't happen.

They don't hate you because they hate Trump. They hate Trump because they hate you. https://t.co/GDWXDrN5as

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 6, 2020

In addition to the coronavirus task first, here are some "quick" wins Biden is thinking about via executive orders.

When will he announce his cabinet (or at least the top posts)?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...dc2_story.html

Yeah, totally understand. If I hadn't read your post and been listening closely I'm not sure what I would have heard. Add to that I had to find the close view video to confirm what I thought I heard :)

:)

Communists, people who want to defund the police (by defunding I mean eliminate), people who want to release everyone from prison, etc...