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Stavridis for SecState plz

 

[B-Dubs]

Considering this was the job he wanted in 2008, before Obama offered him VP, he might actually take it. This would be crazy hype if she offered and he accepted.

 

[TDLink]

I think Biden is done with direct public service. In his interview with Colbert about why he wasn't running for president, he said he couldn't keep doing it all. I respect the man, but he's been through a lot and if he wants a break, he's well earned it.

You could be right, but that was also a year ago and right after he lost is son. A lot has happened since then, we don't really know his current state of mind in that regard.

I personally am inclined to believe that Biden probably wants to step out of the public eye now, but I wouldn't really be surprised (or mad) if he decided to stay on and do something like this.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Probably. Clinton probably wants to make her own mark by assigning someone not associated with the Obama admin.

I love Biden and I wish the guy had run, but I've never really considered him a powerhouse of foreign policy or negotiation. But maybe all the world needs is for Biden and Putin to sit down with a bottle of vodka and talk/rassle things out.

iirc Biden's foreign policy experience was the biggest reason Obama picked him to be VP, I think he was a key player during the Balkans intervention.

 

[TaterTots]

Can this get ANY worse for the U.S.?

Spoiler

sarcasm,

 

[Wag]

Already making the moves on Merkel.

 

[sikkinixx]

"So Vlad.... let's talk about these nukes"

 

[blackaroni]

Her campaign has been free of leaks when it comes to things like this...is this just something to bait Trump?

Stavridis for SecState plz

I think he's gonna have a role in her administration. I'd like to keep Kerry for now though.

 

[funkystudent]

Biden and Bill is gonna have so much fun in the white house. I imagine slumber parties and doing office chair racing down the corridors.

Madam President. The Secretary of State and the First Gentleman have retreated to the white house tree house and won't come down. Permission to send in the secret service. It's almost dinner time.

 

[korona15]

It's premature and strikes of complacency to be discussing possible cabinet officials. How about winning the damned election first?

 

[ginger ninja]

I don't see it happening. Dude is old. Nobody wants to deal with DC stress for more than 8 years. Would make even less sense after he passed on the presidential run because of the same issues.

 

[B-Dubs]

It's premature and strikes of complacency to be discussing possible cabinet officials. How about winning the damned election first?

According to reports they've been planning the transition for a while now, at least in the background and on the side. Unless all the Dems stay home she'll win, besides Dems love Uncle Joe so this would only get everyone even more excited to go vote.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

It's premature and strikes of complacency to be discussing possible cabinet officials. How about winning the damned election first?

Every Presidential campaign starts working on transition before the election ends.

If the Trump campaign were competent they would probably be vetting potential Cabinet members as well.

This isn't unique to this election or to Hillary Clinton.

The fact of the matter is it would be very difficult to iron out every single detail (and Cabinet members are HUGE details) necessary to transition power and have everything ready to go on January 20th when you only started 2 months prior.

 

[echoshifting]

It's premature and strikes of complacency to be discussing possible cabinet officials. How about winning the damned election first?

Isn't this pretty standard, actually?

 

[FStop7]

Joe called Putin "a dictator" during his DNC speech. LMAO that would be a very ballsy choice.

 

[ShironRedshift]

Isn't this pretty standard, actually?

It is. It's very normal. Waiting until the election and trying to make all these decisions in two months would be silly and reckless, and going against the norm.

 

[Stumpokapow]

This wouldn't be a very good match given that the are noted as having strongly disagreed on national security discussions, where Biden typically aligned with Obama and Rice, but I think the country would benefit a lot with still having Joe Biden in public service.

It's premature and strikes of complacency to be discussing possible cabinet officials. How about winning the damned election first?

(Ted Cruz announced a VP choice before he was the nominee; Trump announced his next several supreme court justices last month; both of these were public nominations, not internal conversations)

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Abuela and Tío José are gonna fucking slay.

 

[B-Dubs]

This wouldn't be a very good match given that the are noted as having strongly disagreed on national security discussions, where Biden typically aligned with Obama and Rice, but I think the country would benefit a lot with still having Joe Biden in public service.

Couldn't that disagreement in policy be a benefit though? Having someone on the other side of a discussion isn't exactly a bad thing, sometimes it helps you see moves you might not have seen otherwise.

 

[Blader]

It's premature and strikes of complacency to be discussing possible cabinet officials. How about winning the damned election first?

Every cycle, both campaigns plan out White House transitions -- including cabinet choices -- weeks before Election Day. This is normal, and has to be done before the election in order to ensure that the literally hundreds of jobs in a president's administration are staffed and ready to go by January. If they waited until November 9th, they'd be way behind.

Stavridis for SecState plz

I'd assume he'd be on the list for SecDef, no?

 

[Tallshortman]

She will probably keep Kerry which I support. I like Joe a lot but I'd rather have him involved with domestic affairs which I think is more his strength.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

I can see the Onion headlines now:

Diamond Joe Grabs Paul McCartney Concert Bootleg From Store In Akihabara for President Clinton

Joe Biden Holding Up Peace Talks Over Case of Pabst

International Agreement Reached After Totally Bitching Night At Ukrainian Night Club

Biden to President: "We're Now At War with Andorra, But I Can't Tell You Why"

Report: 40% Of All Calls From Biden to White House begin "Promise You Won't Get Mad"

I needed this laugh.

 

[watershed]

I hope he wants the job. He'd be great. But he'd also feel very free to speak out publicly whenever he wanted and maybe a demotion instead of retirement isn't what Joe has in mind.

 

[kess]

They should just make him Vice President Emeritus and should anything happen to him, he should be installed as an auto-icon on the White House lawn in a Trans Am with a Natty Ice in his left hand.

 

[Staccat0]

Remember when Biden was the biggest skeez we had to worry about? Still love him. Awkward hugs and all.

 

[Goodstyle]

He'd be terrible at this job. Joe has no filter, which is not a good trait for someone that works in foreign affairs.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Couldn't that disagreement in policy be a benefit though? Having someone on the other side of a discussion isn't exactly a bad thing, sometimes it helps you see moves you might not have seen otherwise.

There's merit in dissent, but you typically don't deliberately pick someone who disagrees with you to create balance in the room.

 

[shamanick]

Remember when Biden was the biggest skeez we had to worry about? Still love him. Awkward hugs and all.

Are you forgetting John Edwards?

I wonder what this election would have been like if Biden had ran.

 

[watershed]

He'd be terrible at this job. Joe has no filter, which is not a good trait for someone that works in foreign affairs.

You know he has worked as a top democrat in foreign affairs his entire career right? Including chairing the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and being Obama's point man on foreign policy?

 

[Gnome Scat]

God yes. And nominate Obama for the supreme court while you're at it.

 

[Blader]

He'd be terrible at this job. Joe has no filter, which is not a good trait for someone that works in foreign affairs.

He has plenty of foreign affairs and diplomatic experience. Like, being the vice president.

 

[thepotatoman]

Why not Kerry?

Embarrassed he ended up being a way better secretary of state than she was?

 

[Debirudog]

Onion, you might still have a chance to write moar Biden.

 

[CazTGG]

Joe there.

Obama as Supreme Court justice.


Dooooooo it

I've seen this suggested quite a bit over the course of this election. Assuming that Hillary wins with a Democratic Senate majority, what are the actual chances of this happening? I don't "will the Senate vote him in", moreso "what are the chances Hillary nominates Obama for the currently vacant/next vacant spot"? I'd love to see Obama as a Supreme Court justice but I wonder if Obama would be her first choice.

Hillary did once said that she would consider him, that's what sparked the whole thing lol

Source? I would surely remember reading about that short of it being an Onion article. "Hillary Nominates Republicans Worst Nightmares: Obama, A Gun-Banning Muslim & Jon Stewart To Fill Supreme Court Vacancies"

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

I've seen this suggested quite a bit over the course of this election. Assuming that Hillary wins with a Democratic Senate majority, what are the actual chances of this happening? I don't "will the Senate vote him in", moreso "what are the chances Hillary nominates Obama for the currently vacant/next vacant spot"? I'd love to see Obama as a Supreme Court justice but I wonder if Obama would be her first choice.

Hillary did once said that she would consider him, that's what sparked the whole thing lol

 

[Volimar]

As much as I love Biden I think Kerry is doing good work and should stick around.

 

[Mobius 1]

Oh yes please. Send that beautiful bastard around the world on the ultimate shoulder grab tour imaginable.

First post does it again. I'm laughing just at the prospects.

Make this happen Madam President

 

[B-Dubs]

As much as I love Biden I think Kerry is doing good work and should stick around.

Why not let them tag team it Lethal Weapon style?

 

[ElFly]

I can see the Onion headlines now:

Diamond Joe Grabs Paul McCartney Concert Bootleg From Store In Akihabara for President Clinton

Joe Biden Holding Up Peace Talks Over Case of Pabst

International Agreement Reached After Totally Bitching Night At Ukrainian Night Club

Biden to President: "We're Now At War with Andorra, But I Can't Tell You Why"

Report: 40% Of All Calls From Biden to White House begin "Promise You Won't Get Mad"

hahhaaha jesus christ

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Hell yea.

Let's fuckin go!

 

[rokkerkory]

YES PLEASE

 

[superdeluxe]

I'd assume he'd be on the list for SecDef, no?

Maybe? I think he would have far more impact at state.

 

[Stinkles]

This will probably be popular enough with a few swing folks to tip them in that direction.

 

[Jumplion]

I can see the Onion headlines now:

Diamond Joe Grabs Paul McCartney Concert Bootleg From Store In Akihabara for President Clinton

Joe Biden Holding Up Peace Talks Over Case of Pabst

International Agreement Reached After Totally Bitching Night At Ukrainian Night Club

Biden to President: "We're Now At War with Andorra, But I Can't Tell You Why"

Report: 40% Of All Calls From Biden to White House begin "Promise You Won't Get Mad"

Fuckin' lol'd hard at the last one, grade-A post.

 

[Marion Cobretti]

I can't believe no one has posted the pic of him sticking his tongue out in the Vette.

 

[Armaros]

As much as I would adore more Diamond Joe, I think keeping Kerry on would be better. Dude has been enormously effective, and there's going to be enough plates spinning during the transition that it'd be the safer option to keep him on.

Secretary of States rarely last longer then 4 years.

 

[FelixOrion]

Diamond is Unbreakable

JoeJoe's Bizarre Adventure

 

[exmachina64]

I bet Biden and Bill would get into some wacky adventures.

This is why he needs to be Bill's chief of staff/personal assistant instead.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

As much as I'd love this, cause Uncle Joe is fucking baller as fuck, I think the man has deserved his rest.

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

I'd make him Secretary of Anime personally.

Secretary of Pokemon Go and Wu-Tang albums