Concern that a Biden admin would have several balls up in the air to balance after following a Donald Trump operation?
Joe Biden has begun to slowly and quietly line up those who might want to help him handle a virus crisis, economic crisis , trade problems, foreign affairs issues and what else that Trump has left upside down , backwards or unfinished…And fight off rear guard actions from the Bernie people trying g to run. their own show…
It’s gonna be a hell of a job…
He’s gonna need a LOT of help….
With a decimated federal government, a pandemic,and a resulting economic disaster awaiting him on day one of his potential presidency, Joe Biden is looking past his November election against Donald Trump at what his administration might look like. “That has already begun,” the presumptive Democratic nominee said at a virtual fundraiser Thursday, telling supporters that he has started putting together a transition team and suggesting that some cabinet positions could be announced even before voters cast ballots this fall. “I have had literally several hundred serious, serious players who have…held positions in every department in the federal government who have said, including some Republicans, who have said if you win, I want to come back. I’m ready to serve.”
The former vice president did not name anyone specifically, nor did he commit to announcing future administration officials prior to November. But in looking ahead at the composition of his transition team and cabinet, Biden is preparing to inherit a mess like no other: a federal government with vacancies unfilled by Trump; the threat of coronavirus, for which there will almost certainly be no widely available vaccine by the time he would take office in January; and an economic climate likely far worse than the recession he and former President Barack Obama faced when they took office in 2009. “Sounds presumptuous,” Biden said. “But it has to happen and that’s why the transition team is already being put together.”…
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There could be particular value in Biden announcing not just his ticket mate, but the broader composition of his administration sooner rather than later. Biden is pivoting toward the general election with lingering concern about the enthusiasm voters feel toward him, a divided party, and an era-defining public health crisis that has put traditional campaigning on ice….
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Leaking out possible cabinet members early could help Biden show he’s got good staff coming on board, but could hurt him in letting Trump go after them to divert attention from Biden ….
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