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« on: October 30, 2008, 06:08:27 PM »
1. who will it be?

2. will they be announced next week?
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« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 06:08:57 PM »
maybe Chuck Hagel?
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« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 06:10:03 PM »

hopefully not.
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« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 06:12:28 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 06:13:55 PM »
we need a big name to help restore our image around the world.

bill clinton would be a great pick.
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« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 06:15:47 PM »
Quote from: WalterMitty on October 30, 2008, 06:13:55 PM
we need a big name to help restore our image around the world.

bill clinton would be a great pick.
I doubt he'd want to serve in an Obama cabinet
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« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2008, 06:16:40 PM »
Hilliary Clinton!! HAHA picking.
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« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2008, 06:17:44 PM »
I could actually see him picking Hillary, oddly enough. I don't think Bill would do it.
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« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2008, 06:18:02 PM »
Quote from: WalterMitty on October 30, 2008, 06:13:55 PM
we need a big name to help restore our image around the world.

bill clinton would be a great pick.

You're pretty damn hilarious.

I'll say that either Lugar or Richardson will be his running mate.  Note: I didn't list Chuck Hagel because wishful thinking got the best of me.
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2008, 06:21:03 PM »
Richard Lugar is clearly Obama's top choice.  The only question is if Lugar would want the job.

Should Lugar decline...

Sam Nunn is a strong possibility.

I'd be elated if it were John Kerry.

Chuck Hagel may well have a place in the cabinet, but I doubt it will be at State.  I think the smart place to put him would be Veterans' Affairs.  But Defense is also a possibility.
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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2008, 06:22:03 PM »
It will be a lady... I can't remember her name, but Tucker Carlson mentioned her at a conference I attended for work a month or so ago...

Damn, 24 and my memory has went to sht.
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2008, 06:25:34 PM »
Quote from: nick on October 30, 2008, 06:22:03 PM
It will be a lady... I can't remember her name, but Tucker Carlson mentioned her at a conference I attended for work a month or so ago...

Damn, 24 and my memory has went to sht.

Sibellius, the Kansas governor?
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« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2008, 06:31:12 PM »
Quote from: MaxQue on October 30, 2008, 06:25:34 PM
Quote from: nick on October 30, 2008, 06:22:03 PM
It will be a lady... I can't remember her name, but Tucker Carlson mentioned her at a conference I attended for work a month or so ago...

Damn, 24 and my memory has went to sht.

Sibellius, the Kansas governor?

Nope.... not a politician..... can't remember the name to save my life.  She more of the scholarly mold.  Tucker Carlson's neighbor in DC.
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« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2008, 06:32:10 PM »
Quote from: nick on October 30, 2008, 06:31:12 PM
Nope.... not a politician..... can't remember the name to save my life.  She more of the scholarly mold.  Tucker Carlson's neighbor in DC.

I bet it's Susan Rice.
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« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2008, 06:40:33 PM »
Quote from: TheresNoMoney on October 30, 2008, 06:32:10 PM
Quote from: nick on October 30, 2008, 06:31:12 PM
Nope.... not a politician..... can't remember the name to save my life.  She more of the scholarly mold.  Tucker Carlson's neighbor in DC.

I bet it's Susan Rice.

That's it...

Nice guess... how did you know?
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« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2008, 06:43:09 PM »
Anyway, to answer Mitty's question.

1.  Susan Rice

2.  Should Obama win... a few weeks after the election
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« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2008, 06:47:23 PM »

She's the only woman on his foreign policy team that's been advising him since Day One.  I've seen her on the cable news shows a handful of times, especially during the primary.

That would make two black females in a row as Secretary of State.
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« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2008, 06:48:43 PM »
I'd like to see either Richardson, Hagel, or Lugar as Secretary of State.
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« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2008, 06:52:07 PM »
Quote from: Sarah Palin=EPIC FAIL on October 30, 2008, 06:48:43 PM
I'd like to see either Richardson, Hagel, or Lugar as Secretary of State.

You know, I have to believe Bill Richardson is far more effective that he appeared in his primary campaign.  But he was so God-awful, both in debate and on the stump, I'd be a little reticent to ask him into my cabinet.

He was a pretty good UN ambassador, I guess.
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« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2008, 06:52:57 PM »
Quote from: TheresNoMoney on October 30, 2008, 06:47:23 PM

She's the only woman on his foreign policy team that's been advising him since Day One.  I've seen her on the cable news shows a handful of times, especially during the primary.

That would make two black females in a row as Secretary of State.

Reading her bio, she seems like a pretty sharp/qualified lady.
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« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2008, 06:54:22 PM »
Quote from: TheresNoMoney on October 30, 2008, 06:47:23 PM
That would make two black females in a row as Secretary of State.

Two black females named Rice, no less.
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« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2008, 07:05:15 PM »
Quote from: nick on October 30, 2008, 06:52:57 PM
Reading her bio, she seems like a pretty sharp/qualified lady.

She was very good in the interviews I saw. It should also be noted that she served in Bill Clinton's administration as well (as have many of Obama's advisors).
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« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2008, 07:35:16 PM »
Susan Rice would be a great pick.
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« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2008, 07:52:19 PM »
Lugar. Or maybe this Susan Rice person.
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« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2008, 07:58:32 PM »
I've been reading since like March that John Kerry really wants the Secretary of State position and is apparently lobbying hard behind the scenes for it.
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