Post your Joe Biden Cabinet members.

[Orser67]

People who don't have Kamala Harris as Veep: any reason Biden wouldn't tap her for AG?

I do think she'd be in the running, but two potential reasons she wouldn't be picked are:

-Resistance from the left
-From her perspective, she'd be giving up what's likely a Senate-seat-for-life, so imo it's not obvious that she'd accept the position (especially if there was any doubt at all about being confirmed)

[Lord Halifax]

People who don't have Kamala Harris as Veep: any reason Biden wouldn't tap her for AG?

Biden has a very high opinion of Sally Yates, and she's the most likely AG. Harris is a bit of a busted flush after her failed presidential campaign.

https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-cabinet-vice-president-picks-b17882ac-3953-450f-8afb-38a3c8dcda57.html

[Heebie Jeebie]

People who don't have Kamala Harris as Veep: any reason Biden wouldn't tap her for AG?

Biden has a very high opinion of Sally Yates,

I think this is key.  Biden really does seem to prioritize personal relationships as a foundation for his politics.  I think he can work with whomever, but given the choice I think he'd choose to work with people he personally likes.  Maybe he likes Harris, maybe he doesn't.

[TDAS04]

President:  Joe Biden
Vice President:  Kamala Harris
Secretary of State:  Susan Rice
Secretary of the Treasury:  Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense:  Tammy Duckworth
Attorney General:  Doug Jones
Secretary of the Interior:  Mark Udall
Secretary of Agriculture:  Billie Sutton
Secretary of Commerce:  Julian Castro
Secretary of Labor:  Hilda Solis
Secretary of Health and Human Services:  Sanjay Gupta
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:  Stacey Abrams
Secretary of Transportation:  Bill Weld
Secretary of Energy:  Jay Inslee
Secretary of Education:   Russ Feigngold
Secretary of Veterans Affairs:  Conor Lamb
Secretary of Homeland Security:  Mitt Romney

UN ambassador:  Pete Buttigieg

[ShadowRocket]

President:  Joe Biden
Vice President:  Tammy Duckworth
Secretary of State:  Susan Rice
Secretary of the Treasury:  Richard Cordray
Secretary of Defense:  Michele Flournoy
Attorney General:  Sally Yates
Secretary of the Interior:  Beto O'Rourke
Secretary of Agriculture:  Gwen Graham
Secretary of Commerce:  Jeff Flake
Secretary of Labor:  Tim Ryan
Secretary of Health and Human Services:  Steve Beshear
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Ruben Gallego
Secretary of Transportation:  Julian Castro
Secretary of Energy:  Ted Kaufman
Secretary of Education:   Michael Bennet
Secretary of Veterans Affairs:  Conor Lamb
Secretary of Homeland Security:  Val Demings
Chief of Staff: Ron Klain
NSA: Tony Blinken
Trade Representative: Tom Nides
DNI: Ted Kaufman
CIA: Tom Donilon
OMB: Anthony Foxx
EPA:  Jay Inslee
Small Business:  Yang
UN Ambassador: Buttigieg

I'd be fine with something like this personally.

[Grassroots]

I think Arnold Schwarzenegger at the UN wouldn't be bad, world known figure who could easily lead in a body such as that. Would be a great pick!

You're back! 

[NYSforKennedy2024]

President: Joe Biden
Vice President: Gina Raimondo

Secretary of State: Kirsten Gillibrand
Secretary of the Treasury: Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense: Michele Flournoy
Attorney General: Sally Yates
Secretary of the Interior: Heidi Heitkamp
Secretary of Agriculture: Claire McCaskill
Secretary of Commerce: Richard Cordray
Secretary of Labor: Jonathan D. Gray
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dr. Sanjay Gupta  
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Rashida Tlaib
Secretary of Transportation: Antonio Delgado
Secretary of Energy: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Secretary of Education: Michael Mulgrew
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Abigail Spanberger
Secretary of Homeland Security: Seth Moulton

NSA: John Kerry
OMB: Jackie Norris
EPA: Jay Inslee
SBA: Andrew Yang

Trade Representative: Tom Steyer
UN Ambassador: Pete Buttigieg

World Bank: Mike Bloomberg

Chief of Staff: Steve Ricchetti
Press Secretary: Elizabeth Alexander

[Non Swing Voter]

Kamala - VP
Buttigieg - HUD Secretary then something higher up later in the administration.
Klobuchar or Gillibrand - AG

[Kleine Scheiße]

President Joe Biden
Vice President Karen Bass
Secretary of State Jeff Merkley
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Yang
Secretary of Defense Kirsten Gillibrand
Attorney General Doug Jones
Sectetary of the Interior Trish Zornio
Secretary of Agriculture Terri Sewell
Secretary of Commerce Barack Obama
Secretary of Labor Chuck Schumer
Secretary of Health and Human Services Ben Cardin
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson
Secretary of Transportation Bill Murray
Secretary of Energy Bill Murray
Secretary of Education Michael Bennet
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Pete Buttigieg
Secretary of Homeland Security Bill Murray

Director of the National Security Agency Cory Booker
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Donald Trump
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Jay Inslee
Director of National Intelligence Ted Kaufman
Small Business Administrator Martin O'Malley

President of the World Bank Group Michael Bloomberg

White House Chief of Staff Stephen A. Smith
White House Press Secretary Joe Rogan

Minister Without Portfolio Colleen Hanabusa

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Chief of Staff- Hillary Clinton
Press Secretary- Symone Sanders

VP- Val Demings
Secretary of State- Kamala Harris
UN Ambassador- Caroline Kennedy
Attorney General- Doug Jones
Secretary of the Treasury- Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense- Michelle Flournoy
Secretary of HUD- Bill Peduto
Secretary of the Interior- Brian Schweitzer
Secretary of Agriculture- Heidi Heitkamp
Secretary of Commerce- Joaquin Castro
Secretary of Labor- Tom Conway
Secretary of HHS- Anthony Fauci
Secretary of Transportation- Kasim Reed
Secretary of Energy- Liz Sherwood-Randall
Secretary of Education- Jahana Hayes
Secretary of the VA- Julia Brownley
Secretary of Homeland Security- Sheila Jackson-Lee

[Coldstream]

   
President: Joe Biden
Vice President: Kamala Harris

Secretary of State: Samantha Power
Secretary of the Treasury: Elizabeth Warren
Secretary of Defense: Michele Flournoy
Attorney General: Doug Jones
Secretary of the Interior: Brian Schweitzer
Secretary of Agriculture: Heidi Heitkamp
Secretary of Commerce: Tom Nides
Secretary of Labor: Richard Cordray
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Ayanna Pressley
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: London Breed
Secretary of Transportation: Julian Castro
Secretary of Energy: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Secretary of Education: Gwen Graham
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Bill McCraven
Secretary of Homeland Security: Val Demmings

CoS: Ron Klain (can’t see Cuomo not running for a 4th term his daddy was denied)
NSA: Jake Sullivan
OMB: Brian Deese
EPA: John Kerry
SBA: Andrew Yang
DNI: Tom Donilon
CIA: Will Hurd

Senior Counsellors: Symone Sanders, Steve Richetti, Anita Dunn, Ted Kaufmann

Trade Representative: Jose Fernandez
UN Ambassador: Pete Buttigieg

[coloradocowboi]

The fact that so many of you put career politicians in the place of experts and qualified managers is exactly what's wrong with the average American's political imagination.

A reasonably progressive Biden cabinet, certainly not my dream, but realistic and good (also putting Senate replacements, expected not hoped for, in brackets):

President: Joe Biden
Vice President: Kamala Harris [Katie Porter]

Secretary of State: Susan Rice, former NSA Advisor
Attorney General: Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of N.Y.
Secretary of the Treasury: Sen. Elizabeth Warren [Joe Kennedy, after losing the primary to Markey]
Secretary of Defense: Michele Flournoy, former undersecretary of Defense
Secretary of Commerce: Tom Nides (have to give the donor class something), Morgan Stanley executive
Secretary of the Interior: Aaron Mair, former Sierra Club President (first Black man to hold this position)
Secretary of Labor: Sen. Bernie Sanders [Christine Hallquist, which would be a bfd]
Secretary of HHS: Diane Yentel, President of the National Low-Income Housing Coalition
Secretary of Agriculture: former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (not ideal tbh, but I'm being realistic)
Secretary of HUD: Julian Castro reprisal
Secretary of Transportation: Janette Sadik-Khan, former head of the NYC Dept. of Transportation
Secretary of Education: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers
Secretary of Energy: Mark Jacobson, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
Secretary of VA: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R) (gotta put one somewhere!) [some white person]
Secretary of Homeland Security: Rep. Henry Cuellar (controversial pick, but honestly a much better place for him than the House) [Jessica Cisneros]


UN Ambassador: Pete Buttigieg--would be awful for me, but I think unavoidable at this point
Chief of Staff: Ron Klain, Biden's former CoS

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Secretary of Labor will be IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger.

[rhg2052]

I think the trio of Sally Yates (AG), Susan Rice (State), and Michele Flournoy (Defense) is extremely likely.

[Lord Halifax]

I think the trio of Sally Yates (AG), Susan Rice (State), and Michele Flournoy (Defense) is extremely likely.

Unfortunately so is Anne Finucane (Treasury).

[Orser67]

I think the trio of Sally Yates (AG), Susan Rice (State), and Michele Flournoy (Defense) is extremely likely.

Unfortunately so is Anne Finucane (Treasury).

I know that Finucane was mentioned in the Axios report and I'm certainly not ruling out the possibility of her being selected, but Yates, Rice, and Flournoy seem like much likelier possibilities for their respective positions. I just don't see Biden picking a fight with the left wing of the party by choosing a bank executive with no governmental experience for his key economic appointment.

I don't think there's a really obvious choice for Treasury (especially given that afaik picking Warren would cause a Senate vacancy for half the year), though Brainard and Raskin both seem like good guesses.

[LastMcGovernite]

My First Draft:

Secretary of State: Russ Feingold
Secretary of the Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin
Secretary of Defense: Tim Walz
Attorney General: Brian Sandoval
Secretary of the Interior: Christy Goldfuss
Secretary of Agriculture: Phil Karsting
Secretary of Labor: Ai-Jen Poo
Secretary of Commerce: Mick Cornett
Secretary of HHS: Neera Tanden
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Ana Gelabert-Sanchez
Secretary of Transportation: Keith Parker
Secretary of Energy: Jay Inslee
Secretary of Education: Jahana Hayes
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Michael Michaud
Secretary of Homeland Security: Michelle Brané

Chief of Staff: Jeremy Bernard
Small Business Admin: Hillary Schieve
NSA: Ben Rhodes
OMB: Kristen Cox
UN Ambassado: Maria Otero
EPA: Katie McGinty
US Trade Rep: Jennifer Granholm
CIA director: Val Demings
Chair of Council of Economic Advisors: Stephanie Kelton

[NewYorkExpress]

President: Joe Biden

Vice President: Kamala Harris

Secretary of State: Barack Obama

Secretary of Defense: William McRaven

Secretary of the Treasury: Janet Yellen

Attorney General: Sally Yates

Secretary of Agriculture: Kathleen Sebelieus

Secretary of the Interior: Jared Polis

Secretary of Commerce: Jeff Bezos

Secretary of Labor: Thomas Perez

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Hillary Clinton

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Lori Lightfoot

Secretary of Transportation: Charlie Crist

Secretary of Energy: Al Gore

Secretary of Education: Randi Weingarten

Secretary of Veterans's Affairs: Tulsi Gabbard


Ambassador, United Nations, John Huntsman

[LastMcGovernite]

I can't help myself. Here's another cabinet:

1. State: Tim Kaine
2. Treasury: Mehrst Baradaran
3. Defense- Patrick Murphy
4. Attorney General: Sally Yates
5. Interior- Deborah Markowitz
6. Agriculture-Austin Frerick
7. Labor- Linda Sanchez
8. Commerce: Patrick Soon-Shiong
9. Health and Human Services- Abdul El-Sayed
10. Transportation- Sara Nelson 
11. Housing and Urban Development- Darren Walker
12. Energy- Bill Foster
13. Education- Inez Tenenbaum
14. Ecology: Eric Garcetti
15. Veterans’ Affairs: Pete Buttigieg
16. Homeland Security- Michelle Howard


1. Chief of Staff: Ron Klain
2. UN Ambassador: Michael Bennet
3. Trade Representative- Ro Khanna
4. Global Health Security: Karen DeSalvo
5. Small Business- Dee Margo
6. Director of National Intelligence: Sue Gordon
7. OMB: Richard Cordray
8. EPA: Michael Nutter
9. CIA: Sean Maloney
10. Chair of Council of Economic Advisors: Heather Boushey

Generally, I try to avoid senators because replacing them is always messy. Michael Bennet, in my opinion, is a weak candidate who barely won against two joke opponents; Dems chances in CO are better if Gov. Polis appoints someone like Mike Johnston or Crisanta Duran. Tim Kaine can easily be replaced by a viable person like Tom Periello, Levar Stoney, or Abigail Spanberger.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Generally, I try to avoid senators because replacing them is always messy. Michael Bennet, in my opinion, is a weak candidate who barely won against two joke opponents; Dems chances in CO are better if Gov. Polis appoints someone like Mike Johnston or Crisanta Duran. Tim Kaine can easily be replaced by a viable person like Tom Periello, Levar Stoney, or Abigail Spanberger.

Bennet had to run in 2010 and 2016, both terrible years to be a Democratic senate candidate.

[LabourJersey]

this is who I think are the most likely members, not who I want.

VP: Kamala Harris

State: Susan Rice (Could also be Tom Donilon)
Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin (Could be Warren, but I think Biden will go with a "safer" pick)
AG: Sally Yates
Defense: Michéle Flournoy
Interior: Steve Bullock (assuming he doesn't win the MT-SEN race)
Agriculture: Doug Jones
Labor: Richard Cordray
Commerce: Tom Wolf (Governor Fetterman here we go)
HHS: [Some Health Secretary from a state that handled COVID well]
Transportation: Eric Garcetti
HUD: Hillary Schieve?
Energy: [A Scientist]
Education: Randi Weingarten
VA: James Stavridis
Homeland Security: Tony Blinken

DNI: Tom Donilon (if not State)
UN Amb: Pete Buttigieg
Amb to NATO: John Kerry

Jim Clyburn gets the ambassador post of his choice.

[Kleine Scheiße]

President Joe Biden
Vice President Karen Bass
Secretary of State Michael Bennet
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Yang
Secretary of Defense Kirsten Gillibrand
Attorney General Doug Jones
Secretary of the Interior Wilmot Collins
Secretary of Agriculture Angie Craig
Secretary of Commerce Heather Dawn Thompson
Secretary of Labor Russ Feingold
Secretary of Health and Human Services Pramila Jayapal
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Rocky Anderson
Secretary of Transportation Joe Lhota
Secretary of Energy Martin O'Malley
Secretary of Education Linda P. Chen
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Pete Buttigieg
Secretary of Homeland Security Jesse Ventura

White House Chief of Staff Howard Dean
Trade Representative Terri Sewell
National Intelligence Director Sean Patrick Maloney
OMB Director Rob Sand
CIA Director Marianne Williamson
EPA Administrator Jay Inslee
Small Business Administrator John Fetterman

Press Secretary Sawyer Hackett

World Bank President Tom Steyer
UN Ambassador Ami Bera
CEA Chair Michael Steele
CFPB Chair Elizabeth Warren

Assc. Justice of the Supreme Court Lawrence Lessig

[Roronoa D. Law]

Secretary of State: John Kerry
Secretary of the Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin
Secretary of Defense: Patrick Murphy (PA)
Attorney General: Doug Jones
Secretary of the Interior: Beto O'Rourke
Secretary of Agriculture: Amy Klobuchar
Secretary of Labor: Tim Ryan
Secretary of Commerce: Andrew Yang
Secretary of HHS: Raul Ruiz
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Keyshia Lance Bottoms
Secretary of Transportation: Cory Booker
Secretary of Energy: Jay Inslee
Secretary of Education: Marianne Williamson
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Dan Crenshaw so he won't run in 2024
Secretary of Homeland Security: Val Demmings

[GeneralMacArthur]

Guys, a lot of the cabinet is going to be agency bureaucrats you've never heard of, because those are the people who actually know how their departments work and have spent their entire careers in that field of service.

It's not going to be all the 2020 presidential candidates plus some "wild card" Republicans and celebrities.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Vice-president: Tammy Baldwin
Secretary of State: Not sure
Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew Yang
Secretary of Defense: Not sure
Attorney General: Doug Jones
Secretary of the Interior: Ed Markey (if he loses)
Secretary of Agriculture: Collin Peterson (if he loses)
Secretary of Labor: Russ Feingold
Secretary of Commerce: Peter DeFazio
Secretary of HHS: Pramila Jamapal
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Ro Khanna
Secretary of Transportation: The brother of Julian Castro
Secretary of Energy: Lawrence Lessig
Secretary of Education: Abdul El Sayed
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Pete Buttigieg
Secretary of Homeland Security: Henry Cuellar (so Jessica Cisneros enters the house)
EPA Administrator Jay Inslee
SBA: Heidi Heitkamp
Ambassador, United Nations: Greta Thunberg (and make her an American citizen)

That's what I want.