Obama Taps First Responders

By Nathan L. Gonzales

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.)


This item first appeared on Political Wire on February 26, 2009.