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Obama Cabinet Poll - An Obama/Sebelius Cabinet

Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 04:24:04 PM 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/Sebelius 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/Sebelius cabinet:

President of the United State:

Barack Obama

Barack Obama (IL)

Vice President of the United States:

Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sebelius (KS)

Secretary of State:

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Joe Biden (DE)

Secretary of the Treasury:

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg (NY)

Secretary of Defense:

Colin Powell

Colin Powell

Attorney General:

Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano (AZ)

Secretary of the Interior:

Ken Salazar

Ken Salazar (CO)

Secretary of Agriculture:

Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin(IA)

Secretary of Commerce:

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi

Secretary of Labor:

John Edwards

John Edwards (NC)

Secretary of Health and Human Services:

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John Kitzhaber (OR)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:

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Shirley Franklin (GA)

Secretary of Transportation:

Jim Oberstar

Jim Oberstar (MN)

Secretary of Energy:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (NY)

Secretary of Education:

Susan Castillo

Susan Castillo (OR)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs:

Wes Clark

Wesley Clark (AR)

Secretary of Homeland Security:

Sheila Jackson Lee

Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)

White House Chief of Staff:

David Axelrod

David Axelrod (IL)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency:

Kathleen McGinty

Kathleen McGinty (PA)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget:

Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen (CA)

United States Trade Representative:

Laura Tyson

Laura Tyson (CA)

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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:

An Obama/Richardson Cabinet

An Obama/Napolitano Cabinet

An Obama/Kaine 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):

11%18 votes
4%7 votes
6%10 votes
9%15 votes
9%16 votes
5%9 votes
14%23 votes
17%28 votes
9%15 votes
12%21 votes

| 162 votes | Vote | Results

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