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Obama Cabinet Poll - An Obama/Napolitano Cabinet

Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 04:23:10 AM PDT

Within the past month I put forth 19 polls with 15 candidates each to figure out who you guys want in an Obama cabinet. With voting in all rounds now over I compiled five different cabinets and will put them all up for a vote this week.

Who got included in the final cabinets: the top three in each poll automatically made it into these final cabinet polls, in some cases also the 4th and 5th. However, to make sure that the cabinets are as diverse as possible I gave some candidates who didn't have enough votes a wildcard.

Each day this week you can rate a cabinet. Today, you can rate a possible Obama/Napolitano cabinet on a scale from 1 (hate it) to 10 (love it). At the end I will post the results and the cabinet with the highest average wins.

The VP candidates were chosen in the previous Obama Veepstakes poll series. The top four were Bill Richardson, Jim Webb, Kathleen Sebelius and Tim Kaine. Janet Napolitano received a wildcard.

Again, these cabinets are compiled with the winners in the polls and a few wildcards. The five individual cabinets were put together randomly making sure that they all have the same level of diversity (gender, race, party, state).

Here's the Obama/Napolitano cabinet:

President of the United State:

Barack Obama

Barack Obama (IL)

Vice President of the United State:

Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano (AZ)

Secretary of State:

Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel (NE)

Secretary of the Treasury:

Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (NJ)

Secretary of Defense:

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Jim Webb (VA)

Attorney General:

John Edwards

John Edwards (NC)

Secretary of the Interior:

Raul Grijalva

Raúl Grijalva (AZ)

Secretary of Agriculture:

Patty Judge

Patty Judge (IA)

Secretary of Commerce:

Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson (CA)

Secretary of Labor:

Robert Reich

Robert Reich (MA)

Secretary of Health and Human Services:

Howard Dean

Howard Dean (VT)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:

Cory Booker

Cory Booker (NJ)

Secretary of Transportation:

Doris Matsui

Doris Matsui (CA)

Secretary of Energy:

Maria Cantwell

Maria Cantwell (WA)

Secretary of Education:

Inez Tenenbaum

Inez Tenenbaum (SC)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs:

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Togo West

Secretary of Homeland Security:

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Loretta Sanchez (CA)

White House Chief of Staff:

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Tom Daschle (SD)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency:

Olympia Snowe

Olympia Snowe (ME)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget:

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Hilda Solis (CA)

United States Trade Representative:

Joseph Stiglitz

Joseph Stiglitz (NY)

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Again, these are not my personal choices. Here's what my Obama cabinet would look like.

You can also still rate the Obama/Richardson cabinet.

And for those of you who think it's too early to talk about an Obama cabinet: I understand. But look at it this way: Seeing what an Obama cabinet could look like can be a great incentive to work even harder for Obama to win the election in November.

Poll

Rate this cabinet on a scale of 1 (hate it) to 10 (love it):

9%11 votes
4%5 votes
8%10 votes
12%14 votes
11%13 votes
14%16 votes
9%11 votes
12%14 votes
4%5 votes
13%15 votes

| 114 votes | Vote | Results

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