the President elected will face arrival on several fronts, including Democrats who expect him to nominate the cabinet
the most diverse in history. This objective is not always compatible with the impetus of the vocal left of the party to appoint the most progressive cabinet desde Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Wall Street and Silicon Valley interests that invested money in the Biden campaign in the last step, they have a different set of priorities. The same goes for Senate Republicans, at least a handful of whom Biden
Biden can make history by appointing a person of color or a woman to head the Treasury or Defense departments, the only two remaining departments that have only had white men at the helm.
Michele Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Politics, is already the favorite to lead the Pentagon. Several women and people of color are also in the mix for the top Treasury post, including Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard and TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson.
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Biden, who pledged to unite the country during the campaign, will likely try to keep his coalition together by appointing a mix of progressives, moderates and even a few Republicans. He’s also likely to attract new faces as well as longtime Biden devotees. “I think one thing Joe Biden has always loved is a variety of views,” said former Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Who served six years alongside Biden at the Senate. In other words, expect something called Biden’s “Team Rivals”.
However, the likelihood of Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell remaining the Senate Majority Leader means every Biden candidate will need to win at least a few Republican votes. This will limit Biden’s options and make some left-wing options less likely to be confirmed. House Democrats are also more wary of Biden selecting any of their members from competitive districts because their majority has simply been reduced and they don’t want to risk a disruptive special election.