From The Hotline for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

THE TRANSITION - NAMING NAMES

A Listful List

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008


Following is a list, by dept., of rumored Obama admin. appointees, culled from a variety of sources (an asterisk denotes that the individual has said publicly he or she does not wish to be considered):

State

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Ex-Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Ex-VP/ex-Sen. Al Gore (D-TN)*
Ex-UN Amb./ex-Asst. Sec/State Richard Holbrooke
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN)*
Ex-Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA)
NM Gov./ex-UN Amb./ex-Energy Sec. Bill Richardson (D)

Treasury

FDIC Chair/ex-Asst. Treas. Sec. Sheila Bair
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett
NJ Gov./ex-Sen./ex-Goldman Sachs Chair Jon Corzine (D)
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
NY FED Bank Pres. Timothy Geithner
Ex-Treas. Sec. Robert Rubin
Ex-Treas. Sec./ex-Harvard Pres. Larry Summers
Ex-Council of Econ Advisers chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Ex-FED chair Paul Volcker

Defense

Ex-Sen./ex-VA Sec. Max Cleland (D-GA)
Ex-Navy Sec. Richard Danzig
Ex-Dep. Asst. Defense Sec. Michèle Flournoy
Defense Sec. Robert Gates
Ex-Dep. Defense Sec. John Hamre
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)

Justice

Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)*
WI Gov. Jim Doyle (D)
Dem atty Ken Feinberg
U.S. Atty Patrick Fitzgerald (Northern Dist. of IL)
Ex-Dep. AG Jamie Gorelick
Ex-Dep. AG Eric Holder
Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan
AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano (D)
Ex-DoJ CoS David Ogden
MA Gov. Deval Patrick (D)*
VA Gov. Tim Kaine (D)*

Interior

Ex-OR Gov. John Kitzhaber (D)
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)

Agriculture

Ex-Daschle aide/ Nat'l Farmers Union pres. Tom Buis
Ex-Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)
Ex-Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-TX)
Ex-IA Gov. Tom Vilsack (D)

Commerce

Obama adviser Jason Furman
Chicago businesswoman/Obama finance chair Penny Pritzker

Labor

Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Prof./ex-Rep./ex-John Edwards mgr. David Bonior (D-MI)*
DNC vice chair/ex-AFL-CIO exec. VP Linda Chavez-Thompson
Ex-Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO)
MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D)
American Rights at Work Exec. Dir. Mary Beth Maxwell
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)*
SEIU Pres. Andy Stern*
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)

HHS

Ex-Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)
DNC Chair/ex-VT Gov. Howard Dean
Ex-OR Gov. John Kitzhaber (D)
KS Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D)

HUD

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz (I)
Ex-Dep. HUD Sec. Saul Ramirez

Transportation

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Ex-Dep. Trans. Sec. Mortimer Downey
San Francisco Trans. Commission exec. dir. Steve Heminger
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Ex-Trans. Sec./ex-Energy Sec. Federico Peña
PA Gov./ex-DNC Chair Ed Rendell*
NYC Trans. Commis. Jeanette Sadik-Khan

Energy

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D)
PA Gov./ex-DNC Chair Ed Rendell*
Resources for the Future pres/ex-Rep. Philip Sharp (D-IN)
CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)*

Education

Ex-WV Gov. Gaston Caperton (D)
Univ. of TX-Pan American Pres. Bambi Cárdenas
OR Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo
Achieve Pres. Michael Cohen
Stanford prof. Linda Darling-Hamilton
Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan
UC Berkeley Dean Christopher Edley
Ex-NC Gov. Jim Hunt (D)*
Mapleton Exped. School of the Arts Dir. Michael Johnston
VA Gov. Tim Kaine (D)*
NYC Schools Chancellor/ex-asst. AG Joel Klein
AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano (D)
Ex-Sec/State Colin Powell
DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee
Assn of Colleges for Teacher Educ. Pres. Sharon Robinson
Ex-Clinton adviser Andrew Rotherham
Ex-Clinton adviser Jonathan Schnur
KS Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D)
NEA dir. of gov't relations Diane Shust
Recovery School Dist. of New Orleans Supt. Paul Vallas
Ex-WV Gov. Bob Wise (D)

Vets Affairs

Ex-Sen./ex-VA Admin. Max Cleland (D-GA)
IL VA Dir./'06 IL-06 nominee Tammy Duckworth (D)
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)*
Ex-Fisher House Foundation Chair Arnold Fisher
VA Sec. James Peake

Homeland Security

LAPD Chief/ex-NYPD Commis. Bill Bratton
Ex-counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz (I)
Ex-Dep. AG Jamie Gorelick
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Ex-Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN)
Ex-NJ Gov. Tom Kean (R)
AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano
NYPD Commis. Ray Kelly
Ex-Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)*
Ex-FEMA Dir. James Lee Witt

Army Secretary

Ex-Sen./ex-VA Sec. Max Cleland (D-GA)

Navy Secretary

State Rep. Juan Garcia (D-TX)

UN Ambassador

JFK daughter/atty/author Caroline Kennedy
Ex-State Dept. African specialist Susan Rice

NSA

Ex-Supreme NATO Comm./Gen. James Jones
Ex-State Dept. African specialist Susan Rice
Univ. of TX Dean/ex-Dep. NSA James Steinberg

CIA

Ex-CIA official John Brennan
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
CIA Dir./Gen. Michael Hayden
Ex-CIA Dep. Dir. for Intel Jami Miscik

EPA

MA Energy And Environmental Affairs Sec. Ian Bowles
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Ex-NJ EPA Commis. Lisa Jackson
Environmental atty/radio host Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Ex-PA Environment Sec. Kathleen McGinty
Ex-EPA Admin./ex-NJ Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R)

CTO

Venture capitalist/Obama adviser Julius Genachowski
Level 3 Comm. CSO/ex-Al Gore adviser Don Gips
Oracle pres. Charles Phillips
Google CEO Eric Schmidt*

FCC Chair

SC Public Service Commission member Mignon Clyburn
Comm. atty Scott Blake Harris
Ex-FCC CoS Blair Levin

OMB

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)*
CBO cheif Peter Orszag
Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)

Council of Economic Advisers

Univ. of Chicago economist/adviser Austan Goolsbee
Ex-OMB Dir. Jacob Lew

Urban Czar

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz (I)

Drug Czar

Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)

Climate Czar

Audubon Society Chair/ex-EPA Admin. Carol Browner
Ex-VP/ex-Sen. Al Gore (D-TN)*
World Resources Institute Pres. Jonathan Lash
Ex-PA Environment Sec. Kathleen McGinty
AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano (D)
CA Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols
KS Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D)

Auto Czar

MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D)

Intellectual Property Czar

RIAA lobbyist/ex-Clinton aide Michele Ballantyne
Sen. Feinstein aide Jennifer Duck
Ex-first asst. trade rep. for IP Victoria Espinel
NBCU gov't relations chief Alec French
Business Software Alliance VP/ex-Biden aide Neil McBride
Ex-Time Warner atty Shira Perlmutter
American Federation of Musicians' Hal Ponder
Sen. Bayh aide Jayme Roth
Rep. Berman aide Shanna Winters

Small Business Admin.

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)

Peace Corps

Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT)

FAA Admin.

Sen. Reid aide/NV Army Nat'l Guard Dep. Comm. Bob Herbert

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