President-elect Joe Biden’s first wave of personnel appointments to his administration-in-waiting was predictable, competent, and boring, in accordance with the message that won him more than 51 percent of the popular vote.
Tony Blinken was President Barack Obama’s deputy secretary of state, and he will be Biden’s secretary of state. Janet Yellen chaired President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, was picked by Obama to chair the Federal Reserve, and will complete the economic policy triumvirate by serving as Biden’s Treasury secretary. Jake Sullivan was Vice President Biden’s national security adviser and soon will be President Biden’s national security adviser; Linda Thomas-Greenfield was an assistant secretary of state under Obama and will next serve as ambassador to the United Nations. These were all established, experienced figures receiving promotions in their field of expertise. John Kerry was given an expense account and asked to help with climate ch
by Miranda Green (The New Republic) … California’s pathbreaking climate measures range from a ban on future car combustion engine sales to setting a historic 100 percent clean energy goal by 2045. And in order to implement Joe Biden’s still more ambitious campaign promise to run the country entirely on carbon-free energy by 2035, the transition is looking to pull from what’s worked out West, teeing up a relationship that will give the Golden State an influential role in helping shape federal climate policy.
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The Biden team is already thinking of poaching some of the state’s officials. California Air and Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols, a stalwart of the state’s climate policy efforts, is reportedly being considered to lead the Environmental Protection Agency under Biden after she retires this year. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has pushed ambitious emissions-reduction goals in the city, is being considered for transportation secretary. And Califor
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| Updated December 11, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden started his Cabinet rollout strong. He received high marks from all corners of the party for his economic team and seemed to be pursuing a “Goldilocks” strategy of choosing nominees that were acceptable to a wide swath of his coalition. He consulted key people, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ensuring a smooth reception.
But the process seems to have gone off the rails since then, with the transition team battling leaks targeting women of color rumored to be under consideration, unease from some key allies, questions of whether people are being chosen for patronage or political reasons, and general confusion on some of the choices.