Building A Better Cabinet

 Sunday, November 15th, 2020

My Dear America:

Although Everyone else in America knows that Donald Trump has lost his bid to retain the Presidency, it seems that only Democrats are willing to tell him that the Jig is Up, The Dance is Over, The Big Con Is No More.  Republicans are still living in fear of Donald Trump Tweets or Being Primaried.

While Republicans still tragically keep hope alive for the Big Orange Loser it is obviously time to Move On for President Elect Joe Biden and he is obviously doing just that.  Biden has already chosen who he wants to serve as his Chief of Staff.  The Individual who has gotten the nod for that job is Ron Klain.  Klain will be a familiar face to anyone who watches MSNBC.  Klain appeared a lot on almost every show on the Network.  He has always shown himself to be a man who is smart and steady and fairly unflappable.  He has been someone who has worked for Joseph R. Biden for many years in vitally important capacities and has always done a good job for Gentleman Joe.  Klain was an effective Aide when Joe Biden was the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  

Right Now it may seem premature to be talking about Biden Administration Cabinet members to be hired when we are having enough trouble convincing Donald Trump that in January he will no longer be the President of The United States or the occupant of the White House.  

It is truly a shame that Trump feels entitled to keep his job when he has, by all measures of counting, truly lost the November 2020 Presidential Election by a wide margin.  Yesterday, Trump supporters filled the streets in Washington for a Million Maga Rally that was nowhere near a million people.  Estimates were closer to 50 thousand.  I watched for awhile on C Span as the Red Hat Society marched in the streets and shouted many odd slogans such as ALEX JONES, ALEX JONES.  I am not sure whether Alex Jones was there or not but certainly some of his Co-Conspirators were there calling his name.

It is not surprising that Donald Trump refuses to do what Philadelphia Mayor advised him to do following the election.

When asked what he advised the President to do when it became obvious that Trump was not going to win the election, Philly Mayor Jim Kenny stated the following advice to the President

"He should Put On His Big Boy Pants and Congratulate the Winner," Kenny said.

Of course that hasn't happened yet.  

Unlike 2000 when at least there was some shred of doubt about about who won, this time out there is no doubt at this point in time about who won the election. 

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the election by a hefty margin despite the serious and reprehensible Republican Voter Suppression Efforts.

Every legal challenge that Trump and his embarrassingly Feckless Lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have stoked have been thrown out of courts in nearly every state in the Union.

It is Over.  

Why can't Donald Trump and his Gutless Republican Cronies accept that.

Why the hell can't Trump do what was done for him at the end of the 2016 Election.  Certainly Barack Obama wasn't happy about Donald Trump Being elected with the same number of Electoral College Votes that Trump called "A Landslide" when he was on the winning end.  But unlike Trump, Obama immediately welcomed Trump to the White House and cooperated with Trump in order to provide a fairly seamless Transition from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration.

It is time for Donald Trump to put on his Big Boy Pants and do for Biden what was done for him in 2016.  Reports are that Donald Trump is thinking about running in 2024. I certainly hope that is not true but if it is maybe Trump should think about his legacy.  

Does he really want to be known as THE SORE LOSER PRESIDENT.

And what is wrong with Republicans like Mitch McConnell, a long time friend of Joe Biden not accepting the results of this election.  

We are a Democracy, if we can keep it.

We can keep our Democracy if Candidates in America do not act like Candidates in Dictatorships who suppress voting and fail to accept the will of the People Voting.  

The truth is that while some of us get anxious with good reason at Donald Trump's Transition Obstruction Efforts, Joe Biden has provided an example of remaining calm and doing what he can without the help of Trump and his cronies to move forward with planning for his Administration.

One thing that Biden has learned over the course of his long career in Politics is not to panic in the face of adversity.  

We all need to pay attention to Biden and not overreact to what is going on.

What is true, however, is that if and when Donald Trump runs again in 2024 we will all remember that he was an Extremely Sore Loser and that by his failure to lead his followers in the right way with regard to Covid 19 many of his followers died.

I applaud Joe Biden for leading us onward toward a New Day in America when his Cabinet and Government Agencies in his Administration are filled with qualified individuals who have the experience and know how to do their jobs well.

Certainly Joe Biden has a Great many qualified individuals to choose from for his Administration.  I just hope that Biden steers clear of picking United States Senators or Representatives for top positions.  Admittedly it is not fair that Senators, in particular, should not be picked but the truth is that if we want to get important worthwhile legislation passed through Congress we need to keep every Democrat we can in the legislature.  Hopefully the time will come when we will have enough Democrats in the Senate and the House that we can spare a few for the President's Administration.

But even though we should not be picking Senate and House All Stars for Biden Administration Top Jobs we have a strong Back Bench of highly skilled Democrats for Gentleman Joe to Pick From for his Cabinet.

Some of those Democrats are Susan Rice, Pete Buttigieg, Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, Andrew Yang, Deval Patrick, Julian Castro, Joe Sestak, Beto O'Rourke, David Plouffe, David Axelrod, Jay Inslee, Heidi Heitkamp, Tom Dolilin, Mike Morrell, Sally Yates, Preet Barara, Jeh Johnston, Ernest Moniz, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Stacy Abrams, Steve Bullock and many more.

Some Republicans and/or Former Republicans that might be considered for some important jobs might be Steve Schmidt, Michael Steele and Nicole Wallace.

The important thing that all Democrats need to keep in mind is that this is a time of incredible importance in our country.  We have elected a Great Democrat to our Presidency primarily because we looked at the dangerous situation in our country and although we had a slew of Democrats running for President for awhile we got smart and got United.  

We need to stay United as a Party and a Country.  Somewhere along the line in America things got messed up and average Americans mistakenly started looking at the Republican Party as the Political Party that was looking out for them.  

That has never been true.

I'm not sure if it was Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh or Fox News or all of the above who influenced average Americans to become Republicans.

One thing is for sure.  We have found out over many years that Republicans are the Party of the Rich, the Powerful and the Corporations, not the average Joe or Jane.

Through the Biden Administration we can hopefully get back to convincing the Average American People what should have been obvious to them the whole time.

That The Democratic Party has always been the Political Party that has been looking out for the Poor and Middle Class Americans, providing them with Social Security, Health Care and Important Services when they need them.

Lets hope that the Biden Administration can help us to work toward a New Day in America for Average Americans.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher