Obama Taps First Responders
February 27, 2009 · 12:05 AM EDT
Apparently if you wanted to be in President Obama’s administration, you should have given a Democratic response to one of President Bush’s State of the Union speeches.
- Commerce designee Gary Locke (2003)
- Former Commerce designee Bill Richardson (2004 — Spanish response)
- Former Health and Human Services designee Tom Daschle (2001 & 2004)
- Rumored Health and Human Services designee Kathleen Sebelius (2008)
- Appointed DNC Chairman Tim Kaine (2006)
Honorable mention: Obama also wanted Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) to be U.S. Trade Representative (2007 — Spanish response.)
