Secretary of State Hagel (try to negotiate Bereuter as the person to be appointed to the vacancy)
SECDEF Nunn
Attorney General Elliot Spitzer
DHS Rudy Giuliani
UN Ambassador Howard Dean
NSA Anthony Zinni (Gary Hart on the Nat'l Security Council)
Energy Al Gore
Transportation Mike Dukakis
Trade Rep Gephardt
Intel Bob Graham
Drug Control Policy Judge Jim Gray
VA Jesse Ventura
Labor Ralph Nader
Ambassador to Iraq Max Cleland
Ambassador to Japan Joe Lieberman
special envoy to Middle East Bill Clinton
first SCOTUS appointee Wes Clark
second SCOTUS appointee Bill Clinton
The adults would be in charge.
Ambassador to
Russia--Madeliene Albright
China--Colin Powell
India--Bill Bradley
Pakistan--Phil Jackson
Mexico--Victor Morales
Canada--Spencer Abraham
UK--General McPeak
Deputy Secretary of State--Cynthia McKinney
Undersecretary for Arms Control--Richard Holbrooke