McCain eyes Warren Buffet and Meg Whitman as potential Treasury secs

[tylerdee]

Source: Reuters.com

Oct. 2, 2008- DENVER (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday listed investor Warren Buffett and former eBay chief Meg Whitman as potential Treasury secretaries in his administration but declined to say if he would consider asking current Secretary Henry Paulson to stay.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUKTRE49184W20081002

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Why would either one accept it if it meant having to work with this idiot?

And Buffett has been working alongside Obama.

[Sukie]

5. There goes McCain again

trying to steal something of Obama's. First it was his "Change" motto and now it is Warren Buffett.

[olddad56]

31. what about the idiot he they would have to work for should John croak?

She would probably replace Warren with one of her friends from junior high.

[radfringe]

2. HA!

will there even be a treasury left by the time bush/cheney leave?

[rurallib]

3. Some in America think Paulson should be in jail not at treasury

[tburnsten]

28. Might not be a bad idea

[olddad56]

32. They should all be in Gitmo with Arab guards.

[Richardo]

4. Gettin' a little ahead of yourself, John.

Plus there's PLENTY of time to pick a new cabinet the night of January 19, just like you did with your VP.

[philosophie_en_rose]

6. And I've been eyeing Bill Gates as a potential finance provider.

It's going to happen, right?

[kay1864]

13. And I've been eyeing, uh, Morgan Fairchild as my new girlfriend!

I think all three scenarios are equally likely :rofl:

[tylerdee]

14. I actually laughed water out of my nose!!

Thanks for that.

[kay1864]

15. Sorry about the mess!

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[nbsmom]

7. I don't think Buffett is interested

Look at how beautifully the public and the press has treated Paulson. You're a hero until you're a zero. Very little in between.

BTW, it does sound as though Obama is going to announce his treasury sec'y before Nov. 4 as well....but I would highly doubt that it would be Buffett (wouldn't that be cool, though, to actually have a Treasury Secretary who has the respect of the individual and the institutional investor?)

[Barrett808]

8. Guess what, John?

It's not going to be an issue.

[TwilightGardener]

9. Oh please. Where's Phil Gramm?

[Stuckinthebush]

10. Buffett would laugh his ass off at that request

:rofl:

[adamuu]

12. yeah. I hope he responds to this. n/t

[orwell]

11. I'll volunteer!

I promise to hand out a Trillion Dollars to everyone here at DU!

It's my own style of Bailout Plan...

[KillCapitalism]

16. Uh-oh!

Carly Fiorina is going to be pissed! :rofl:

[DallasNE]

17. Warren Buffett Is An Advisor To Barack Obama

Buffett helped formulate Obama's position on the bailout bill. Why would McCain even float this idea? Besides, I can't see Buffett unloading his Berkshire assets to eliminate his conflict of interest in order to become Treasury Secretary. Besides, Buffett is 78 years old.

[boomerbust]

18. Wow

The US Treasury up for auction on EBAY. Awesome idea John.

[scarface2004]

19. buffet could never afford such a ridiculous idea?!?!

he would have to wall off all his business interests...which would be practically impossible to do. buffet is doing just fine as private citizen and sez 'thanks but no thanks'

[tylerdee]

33. Yeah, there's no way this is even possible

[carnie_sf]

20. My favorite Warren Buffett quote

If there is a class war in this country, my class is clearly winning. I can't imagine him serving under McCane

[goforit]

21. Swining to the left side John???? LOL.....Nice try A-hole!

[mikelgb]

22. Meg Whitman can continue selling our treasury

on E-Bay

[obiwan]

23. Message to John McCain: First, you have to get elected. Or so they tell me.

[FarCenter]

24. Wouldn't Pierre Omidyar, Founder of eBay and Chairman of the Board be a better choice

Meg's husband.

[WePurrsevere]

29. Pierre isn't a business person, he's a "geek". He is also a decent Dem & backs Obama...

http://pmo.vox.com/
http://twitter.com/pierre

[tylerdee]

25. He also mentioned (Cisco chief executive) John Chambers

[tylerdee]

26. He also mentioned (Cisco chief executive) John Chambers

[POAS]

27. If he wins maybe he could pick Obama to run the Executive

[llmart]

30. Hey, McSame!

Let's not go putting the cart before the horse now buddy. I wouldn't expend too much energy on picking cabinet members yet 'cause methinks you may be wasting your time.

[Sewsojm]

34. McSame acting like he's already won the election, drop dead already Gramps!!

[davidinalameda]

35. it's not a bad move on his part to float names

I'd like to see Obama float some names for the various positions

it shows the voters the kind of people you want in your administration

no biggie