i hope the next president will pick a bi-partisan cabinet. what do you think on this subject?

Question

i dont care who wins in 08 (i am cheering for obama) but who ever wins i hope they concentrate on pulling this country back together. this country is as pollerised as it has been in a long time and we need a president that even though you might not like you believe thet are listening to every point of view and dong what americans think is right.

Answer 1

Whoever wins as President must appoint the cabinet secretaries who are really qualified and not on their party affiliation.

Answer 2

I don't know about Obama, but I heard Hillary speak in Chicago and she did touch on this, stating that she intends to do exactly that. She's learned a lot about bipartisan cooperation working in the Senate. She has learned the art of working with the other side of the aisle and many Republicans in the Senate have been complimentary toward her work ethic when it comes to that. I think she's bright enough to carry that into her Administration and understand the value of it.

As you, I hope that whoever the next President turns out to be, does the same. I hate all this division, it reminds me (depressingly too) of the Vietnam Era. People were just spitting nails at each other then, and it's become almost as bad now.

Answer 3

WOW! Finally someone who has the same thought as I do!

If you'd like to hear my proposal, here it is:

I think Hillary Clinton should be president with Rudy Giuliani as Vice President. I think the two of them represent ideas of the center and the other ends of the spectrum. I am choosing Hillary over Giuliani because I believe Clinton would make just as great of a first gentleman as Hillary did with first lady (this does not mean I'm actually voting on this basis though because I know only Abraham Lincoln was clever enough to pull the bipartisan trick).

As far as other positions: Secretary of State: powell, defense: McCain or some former JC of Staff, enviro: Gore, Economy: Kucinich, yeah well now I'm just dreaming.

Answer 4

Cabinet Secretaries don't just advise the president. They run the federal offices and bureacracies that affect our lives. It's all well and good to say that you're going to appoint people from both (or even all) parties, but when you're a Democrat you tend to think that Democrats have better ideas about how to run people's lives than Republicans do. It's the ultimate cop-out: "I couldn't appoint more Republicans because I had to do what I felt was right for the country."

I like the Fox Debate (was it that one?) where John McCain was asked which Democrats he'd appoint to positions in his administration, and the moderator said he wasn't allowed to say "Joe Lieberman." McCain answered, "Well, Joe Lieberman," and then he couldn't name anyone else.

Answer 5

Presidents are elected to lead, not constantly take polls and cave to the whims of public opinion which are under constant sway of liberal media (don't think for one second the media isn't left leaning). I like Obama, but his recent statements concerning Pakistan are beneath the level of required competency for high office. If it came down to a democrat, I would choose Hillary. If it came down to a republican, I would be happy with Guiliani or Thompson. Hillary is really the only viable choice the democrats have.

Answer 6

Actually....

The whole point of winning is so you don't have to deal with the idiots across the aisle.

Bush was considered gifted in Texas for his ability to reach across the aisle. In Washington, where selling out your country's war effort to score political hit points is business as usual, his talent meant nothing.

I want a minimal pseudo libertarian government, NOT a nanny state. You always have to deal with House and Senate opposition. But putting the division in your own cabinet strikes me as a mistake.

Answer 7

Bush had a bi- partiasan cabinet. Gonzales is a democrat!

Answer 8

dude says we all have to enlist to fight islamic fascists. repubs?