Fantasy Cabinet game, pt. 2

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #1 - Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1999 to 2013 and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin since 2013).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: VACANT
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: VACANT
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #2 - Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (U.S. Senator from Oregon since 2009).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: VACANT
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #3 - Secretary of State: Chris Smith (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey since 1981).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: VACANT
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #4 - Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana from 2009 to 2011).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #5 - Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (Member of the Nebraska Legislature since 2015).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #6 - Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (Member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #7 - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1997 to 2014 and Mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #8 - Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (LA)
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #9 - Secretary of Energy: Mike Fortner (Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (LA)
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: Mike Fortner (IL)
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #10 - Secretary of Homeland Security: Lucille Roybal-Allard (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California since 1993).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (LA)
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: Mike Fortner (IL)
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #11 - Secretary of Defense: John Murtha (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1974 to 2010).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: John Murtha (PA)
Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (LA)
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: Mike Fortner (IL)
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet pick #12 - Secretary of Agriculture: Gerald Boudreaux (Member of the Louisiana State Senate since 2016).


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: John Murtha (PA)
Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (LA)
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: Gerald Boudreaux (LA)
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: VACANT
Secretary of Energy: Mike Fortner (IL)
Secretary of Education: VACANT
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Cabinet picks #13 - #14 - #15
Secretary of Transportation: Mitch Landrieu (Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010 and Mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018).
Secretary of Education: Regina Barrow (Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2005 to 2016 and Member of the Louisiana State Senate since 2016).
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Kai Kahele (Member of the Hawaii Senate from 2016 to 2020).


My cabinet is completed! The basic idea is a broad coalition approximately centred on Christian democracy and on Louisiana with a bent to the left, which fits very well for President. I was in part inspired by the 1960's Italian centrosinistra coalitions and I also have a running joke where I associate each of my picks to a Cold War era Italian party, notwithstanding the obvious massive differences between the two contexts.


President: John Bel Edwards (LA)
Vice President: Bob Casey (PA)

Secretary of State: Chris Smith (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeff Merkley (OR)
Secretary of Defense: John Murtha (PA)
Attorney General: Katrina Jackson (LA)
Secretary of the Interior: Paulette Jordan (ID)
Secretary of Agriculture: Gerald Boudreaux (LA)
Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (NE)
Secretary of Labor: Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Cao (LA)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Marty Walsh (MA)
Secretary of Transportation: Mitch Landrieu (LA)
Secretary of Energy: Mike Fortner (IL)
Secretary of Education: Regina Barrow (LA)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Kai Kehele (HI)
Secretary of Homeland Security: Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Like Cardinal, I suppose Christian Democracy was my aim, but with a more of a social justice Christianity than a socially moderate/economically populist model that (unless I misunderstand him) he was aiming for.

Oh no, you did not misunderstand me, that seems like a good description of mine!

Ah, I did not mention yet but since some of you have gone over diversity in your cabinets I'll go there too. My cabinet has ten men (two thirds) and five women (one third). It also has people of pretty much all races and ethnicities: a majority are White, Jackson, Boudreaux and Barrow are Black, Cao is Asian, Jordan is Native American and Kahele is a Pacific Islander (Native Hawaiian); Roybal-Allard is also Hispanic. The President and Vice President are both White men however. In terms of experience I picked quite a lot of state legislators but otherwise few distinctive trends.