People We Want to See on the Cabinet

#1: Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona



Now that Obama's heading to the White House, we're sharing some suggestions. As such, a couple of us have decided to start two new series on SOGAM. The first is People We Want to See on the Cabinet.

The first spot goes to Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona. She'd make an excellent Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security.

Here are the top five reasons we'd like to see her on the Cabinet:

5. She brings people together. She's a Democratic Governor who's been leading a largely conservative state for the past six years. Obama referred to her as an innovative leader, and most people really like her & like working with her.

4. She's crafty. She's not married & doesn't have any kids. One of her gubernatorial campaigns was against a conservative Mormon running a family values campaign. So, she got the Phoenix Fire Department to run her own family values commercials. Genius.

3. She's all about the team of rivals. In one of her first State of the State addresses, she reached across the aisle to Republicans, saying that she wanted to come up with policies that worked for all Arizonans. She then went on to set the state's veto record, because the Republicans didn't reach back. Since then, they've been working better together (except for the whole AZ102...what the heck happened there?).

2. She will be AWESOME on the Daily Show and EVEN BETTER on the Colbert Report. Janet regularly called into Phoenix's alternative radio station to chat with their morning show hosts. She was witty & approachable... qualities that I think we need more of in our administration. I can't wait to see her match those wits with Stewart & Colbert.

1. She needs to be groomed to succeed Obama. We seem to be moving beyond the race thing...now it's time to get over the gender thing.