Obama Administration Positions Candidates good or bad?

December 8th, 2008
By 70news.com

Known Obama’s administration candidates - You decide!

Treasury:

Larry Summers, a brilliant economist who served in the Clinton administration as Treasury Secretary. He later became president of Harvard University

Timothy Geithner, the youthful-looking president of the New York Federal Reserve. Geithner is highly regarded and is a former Treasury official.

Paul Volcker, but that seems much less likely. The former Fed chairman is in his 80s and will probably end up playing a prominent but less formal advisory role.

Laura Tyson, chairman of Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers and a Cal-Berkeley economics prof, is said to want the Treasury job, but is given less of a chance.

Transport

Mortimer L. Downey is expected to take a lead role in transition planning for the department, according to person close to the process. Downey served as the deputy in the department under both Rodney Slater and Federico Pena. Additionally, the source said Pena has been deeply involved in current transition work broadly and in departments in addition to Transportation.

The National Economic Council job.

Daniel Tarullo, a Georgetown law professor who was with Obama early and is well-liked.

Jason Furman, who joined Obama team after the senator won the nomination.

Josh Steiner, founder of New York’s Quadrangle Group and Clinton’s Treasury chief of staff.

Energy Department:

Ed Rendell (D) from Pennsylvania as a possibility for the Cabinet-level job.

Gen. James L. Jones has done a lot of work with the Chamber of Commerce promoting energy plans. And:

Fred Smith, a Republican, has also been active on energy issues.

Ernie Moniz at MIT for an upper-level position. His expertise in carbon capture and storage might be a plus because R&D in this area is funded through Energy.
Lewis Alexander, Citigroup economist
David Lipton at Citigroup (former Treasury under secretary for international affairs)
David Lipton, now at private equity firm BC Partners
Eric Mindich, of private equity firm Eton Park Capital
Michael Froman, who was Rubin’s chief of staff at Treasury and who knows Obama from Harvard Law School.
Michael Froman, economist and new partner, is also said to be interested in an administration job.

U.S. Trade Representative:

Reed Hundt is said to be interested in this job.