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Newsweek reports the following possibilities. Comments from 3bluedudes.com. Comments in [brackets] added.Secretary of StateFront Runners: John Kerry and Bill Richardson. Another mention — Clinton and Biden ally Richard Holbrooke and GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel. [Hagel declined before being asked.]My Projection: I think this is going to go to John Kerry. Kerry was the very first US Senator to throw support behind Obama and has been an Obama surrogate before it was popular. His reward will be the big stage, leading the Obama foreign policy.Attorney GeneralFront Runner: Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano and Charles Ogletree.Not going to pretend I know here,. My assumption is, Holder. Holder’s name bas been kicked around the most. I think Napolitano will have a role int he Obama Administration, she is term limited as Governor of Arizona and may be a strong candidate to either run against John McCain or run for the seat if McCain decides to leave. But, I don’t think her role will be AG. John Edwards was looking like a possibility until he got into some personal problems.National Security AdviserFront Runners: Gregory Craig and James Steinberg Long Shot: Richard Danzig and Sam NunnI have no idea, but Craig is the name thrown around the most. I thought a good fit here would have been former GA Senator Sam Nunn. But, I have not even seen his name mentioned. [Richard Clarke is the obvious choice.]Secretary of DefenseFront Runners: Robert Gates, Richard Danzig, and Chuck Hagel. Long shot: Colin Powell, Richard Danzig, and Sen. Jake Reed Obama would be smart to leave Gates in place for a bit. He has the knowledge of the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, has not been a blind, partisan in the Bush Administration, and has done a pretty superb job. I would assume if not Gates, then Hagel, and if Gates, it is only temporary, then Hagel. Hagel seems like a natural fit here given their friendship and philosophy on Iraq.Secretary of the TreasuryFront Runners: Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner Long Shots: Warren Buffett, Jon Corzine, Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker, Sheila BairI think this will be summers. Summers was Treasury Chief under Clinton and oversaw some of the largest spurts of employment growth. [That, however, was a bubble.] He is smart, knows the job, and was very effective. The markets would likely respond well. Rubin I doubt is interested. Same goes for Buffett.EPA AdministratorFront Runner: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [Author of Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are PlunderingCabinet the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy] Long Shot: Kathleen McGintySecretary of Homeland SecurityFront Runners: Tim Roemer and James Lee WittJames Lee Witt served as FEMA Director in the Clinton Administration and would bring experience and stature.Others[Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy,top Education, Veteransadvisors, Affairs, Homelandfrom Security]Wikipedia.
