What would a John Kasich administration look like?

[Kingpoleon]

Secretary of State: Jon Huntsman, Jr.(R-UT)

     National Security Advisor: William McRaven(I-CT)

Secretary of the Treasury: Paul Ryan(R-WI)

     Federal Reserve Chairman: Roger Ferguson, Jr.(R-NY)

Secretary of Defense: Michael Mullen(R-CA) or Lindsey Graham(R-SC)
Attorney General: Bill McCollum(R-FL)
Secretary of the Interior: John Thune(R-ND)
Secretary of Agriculture: Donald Evans(R-TX)
Secretary of Commerce: Carly Fiorina(R-CA)
Secretary of Labor: John Porcari(D-MD)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Christine Todd Whitman(R-NI)
Secretary of Education: Richard Broadhead(I-NC)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Josh Romney(R-UT)
Secretary of Transportation: Samuel Bodman(R-IN)
Secretary of Energy: Theodore Kassinger(R-VA)
U. N. Ambassador: Mark Kirk(R-IL)

[Kingpoleon]

Am I the only one hoping for Arnold Schwarzenegger as secretary of energy?

I'm fairly certain that's illegal, as he was born in Austria.

Since he is friends with the Terminator, he might choose (one of) Schwarzenegger's brother-in-law, the former Mayor of Santa Monica, Bobby Shriver, or the former Maryland State Delegate, Mark Shriver, or the Chairman of the Special Olympics, Timothy Shriver, or the former potential Democratic candidate for Governor of Florida in 2006 and 2010, Anthony Shriver.

[Kingpoleon]

Am I the only one hoping for Arnold Schwarzenegger as secretary of energy?

I'm fairly certain that's illegal, as he was born in Austria.

Since he is friends with the Terminator, he might choose (one of) Schwarzenegger's brother-in-law, the former Mayor of Santa Monica, Bobby Shriver, or the former Maryland State Delegate, Mark Shriver, or the Chairman of the Special Olympics, Timothy Shriver, or the former potential Democratic candidate for Governor of Florida in 2006 and 2010, Anthony Shriver.

It isn't illegal. The current Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, was born in the UK and is not a natural born citizen. She just isn't in the line of succession.

Sorry. My mistake.

If Schwarzenegger is funding his campaign, as we believe, then it's certainly a possibility.

[Kingpoleon]

It would probably be an unimaginative Cabinet.  Perhaps a token black (Kenneth Blackwell of Ohio) in some position (maybe an important one), but mostly Republican office-holders and insiders. Familiar names, all.  Maybe Condoleeza Rice will be his running mate; despite her pro-choice background, the GOP would bite the bullet if it came to that.

I tried hard to come up with a phrase other than "token black", but nothing explains the likelihood of any black Kasich would pick for his Cabinet.  That's not a knock on Kasich or an implication that he's a racist, but it is a reflection on just how lily-white the GOP has become. FEWER blacks are Republicans now than before Obama took office, and given that black loyalty to the Democrats was over 90% BEFORE Obama.  That's saying something about our politics.  

Actually, Kasich has rejected that.

He realized that he was going to be called racist no matter what he did and appointed qualified people to the right position. Unfortunately, African-American Republicans are so rare in Ohio that he was unable to find a qualified candidate of that race.

Now, an African-American lady who happens to be the vice chairman of the state's Democratic Party is serving on his police reform board, so there's that.