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Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots
« on: October 20, 2020, 08:38:12 pm »
Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots

Progressives fret as Joe Biden's transition team vets a handful of Republicans for his potential administration.



By MEGAN CASSELLA and ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN

10/20/2020 04:30 AM EDT

Joe Biden’s transition team is vetting a handful of Republicans for potential Cabinet positions — despite doubts it will win him new support from the right and the risk it will enrage the left.

Reaching across the aisle to pick senior members of his administration could shore up Biden's credentials as a unity candidate, a message he's made a cornerstone of his campaign. Past presidents including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have all done the same. But that tradition died with President Donald Trump, and liberal Democrats are already warning that a Republican pick, even a moderate one, could sow distrust within the party before Biden even takes office.

“My primary concern is that he involves people in the Cabinet who push back against corporate power and support a massive economic stimulus and the broad provision of health care,” said David Segal, the executive director of Demand Progress, a liberal advocacy group. “Unfortunately, there are no prominent Republicans I know of who are on board with that agenda.”

Nevertheless, one person close to the Biden transition said it remains “a priority to have options” from different parts of the ideological spectrum for the former vice president to consider.

That person and another official familiar with the transition deliberations confirmed to POLITICO that Biden staffers are analyzing some Republicans’ backgrounds and resumes as they compile shortlists of candidates for high-profile Cabinet positions. The goal is to have some GOP options among the finalists that Biden would choose from after the election.

Among the names being floated for possible Biden Cabinet posts are Meg Whitman, the CEO of Quibi and former CEO of eBay, and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, both of whom spoke at August’s Democratic National Convention. Massachusetts GOP Gov. Charlie Baker and former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) have also been mentioned, as has former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Penn.), who resigned from Congress in 2018 and became a lobbyist.

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Re: Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2020, 08:41:11 pm »
The overtures this guy's camp is making isn't one of someone who is far ahead in the polls. 
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Re: Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2020, 03:03:18 am »
The overtures this guy's camp is making isn't one of someone who is far ahead in the polls.

My exact thoughts.  Biden up 10?  Bullshit.
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Re: Biden eyes GOP candidates for Cabinet slots
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2020, 03:11:17 am »
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