Nov 19, 2016 – When one looks at recent administrations, though, one finds that the Trump transition compares very favorably to other. … Trump has announced his picks for chief of staff, national security adviser, and his first cabinet secretary as fast or faster than … As you can see, the only transitions that have moved faster than Trump are both Bush administrations.…

Nov 18, 2016 – Offering it to Carson goes along with my concerns from earlier today about Trump filling up his cabinet, not necessarily with the best … The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment.…

Nov 18, 2016 – This has been applied in the past for cabinet and lower court nominees. … As Dan Spencer pointed out, Democrats will pay for obstructing Trump. … They will do what they Democrats did in order to get Trump’s cabinet through with no trouble.…

Nov 18, 2016 – Politico reports that Republicans won’t come out and say it, but if Democrats push t00 hard against whomever Trump nominates, they … In 2013 in a tough battle over Obama’s Cabinet confirmations Reid, then the majority leader, changed the rules to allow all nominees … As pointed out by my colleague streiff, one reason the Democrats may be more cooperative with Trump is simple arithmetic.…

Nov 18, 2016 – It is the sound of liberals wailing over the announcement that Donald Trump had nominating Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney … As much as the left would like to claim an early scalp to rough up the incoming Trump administration, insiders are saying that Sessions … That’s a key pick-up, given Flake’s moderate views on immigration and social issues, and his opposition to Donald Trump during the…

Nov 18, 2016 – Sarah Palin (R), who backed Trump in the primary, is a possibility to head the Interior Department. … To be clear, as a senator Paul has the authority to vote against Trump nominees for any reason he wishes. … He is saying that he knows the mind of Trump better than Trump himself.…

Nov 18, 2016 – Michael Flynn has been an advocate for Trump as has Sessions. … Pompeo was an early reluctant supporter of Trump but after the convention, was aboard the “Trump train” so to speak. … Trump is looking at a disaster of a first term if all he does his fill up his cabinet with yes men.…

Nov 18, 2016 – And more names are and positions are trickling out from President-elect Trump’s transition team. Rep. Mike Pompeo, who represents the 4th District of Kansas, was offered, and has reportedly accepted the position of CIA Director, according to Reuters. From Pompeo’s biography page: Congressman Mike Pompeo (“Pom-PAY-oh”) is...

Nov 17, 2016 – After the rumors were floated that Nikki Haley was among those being considered for Cabinet positions, possibly even Secretary of State … , Coulter tweeted this out to her over 1 million followers: If Trump wants an Indian Sec of State, how about Tonto?…

Nov 17, 2016 – news editor and writer for NBC Nightly News, tweeted a short time ago that NBC has a source who confirms both the meeting between Trump … and Romney AND the rumor that Mitt is up for a cabinet position. … Mitt for a cabinet spots seems more like something Trump would float so he could knock down and humiliate Romney in the process.…

Nov 17, 2016 – Nikki Haley is under consideration by President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, and other cabinet positions, a transition … Trump is going to meet with Haley, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Florida Gov. … Haley has not been the most ardent supporter of Trump.…

Nov 16, 2016 – Putting Pence in charge of the transition team may be the first (and possibly only) wise thing President-elect Trump has done. … If we can believe what he said on “60 Minutes” this past weekend, Trump believed that hiring lobbyists to fill positions in his cabinet … process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions.…

Dec 5, 2016 – It’s not the worst advice, especially when you consider how little Trump knows and his willingness to fall into blunder after blunder … They want Trump to do all the things he’s never had any experience doing, based on his promises from the campaign trail. … Unfortunately, even those in Trump’s cabinet can’t keep the lies straight.…

Dec 5, 2016 – The best case scenario, at this point, is that President-elect Trump offer this amazing man a position on his cabinet, and McCrory…

Dec 5, 2016 – So they plan on making it a difficult process for Trump to have his cabinet nominees confirmed: “They’ve been rewarded for stealing … Democrats could conceivably force up to 30 hours of debate for each Cabinet nominee, which would be highly disruptive for a GOP Senate … minority could also stymie lower-level nominees and potentially keep the Senate focused on executive confirmations for weeks as Trump…

Dec 5, 2016 – Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have, for the most part, been pretty good so far. … Therefore, it is nothing but good news that Trump is still weighing his options. … But, obviously, Trump himself is the wild card here.…

Dec 4, 2016 – The transition team of Donald Trump hasn’t finished their work yet but we’re seeing some broad outlines of what his cabinet will look … a great deal of leeway in selecting sub-cabinet appointees. … If Trump truly does delegate the running of cabinet departments and agencies to their secretary/administrator and he can keep he White…

Dec 4, 2016 – “I don’t vote, so that’s an easy answer,” Petraeus told ABC News when asked if he backed President-elect Trump in his campaign against … The former CIA director met with Trump last week, in a meeting that both described in positive terms. … same kind of Civics test given to legal immigrants be given to everyone running for public office or who may be appointed to a cabinet…

Dec 4, 2016 – The AP is reporting that President-elect Trump may not be any closer to selecting someone to fill the Secretary of State slot. … Giuliani’s international business ties and public campaigning for the job are said to have rankled Trump. … One of the sources said Trump was open to expanding his short list of secretary of State prospects.…

Dec 2, 2016 – than to make a statement (for the record, I’m still certain whether this is real or it’s just another attention getting scheme by Trump … Here it is important to note that of all the Cabinet and sub-cabinet posts only four have this prohbition: the Secretary of Defense … In fact, there is not prohibition on a serving officer being appointed as Secretary of State or any other cabinet post.…

Dec 2, 2016 – Trump said in an interview with The New York Times. … But you’ll see no Trump press conference celebrating that. … Trust me: they’re not as popular as the “Who did Trump interview for a cabinet position?” style of newsy post.…

Dec 1, 2016 – tomorrow at Trump Tower in New York. … any more announcements on any Cabinet slots the rest of this week. … Trump has interviewed at least two other candidates: Sen.…

Dec 1, 2016 – Trump meeting set for Friday with North Dakota Sen. … President-elect Donald Trump is considering adding North Dakota Democratic Sen. … Heidi Heitkamp to his Cabinet, and will meet with her on Friday in New York.…

Nov 30, 2016 – He's so committed to finding Clinton's Goldman Sachs speeches he put their guy in his cabinet! … Now Trump is considering Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn as a potential director for the Office of Management and Budget. … Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016 Ouch.…

Nov 30, 2016 – Andy Puzder could be President-elect Trump’s least controversial cabinet pick – on the right side of the aisle, at least. … He was an economic advisor to both Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign and the Trump campaign. … Michael Saltsman, in an op-ed at The Hill today, wrote that Trump should nominate someone who understands how to use the bully pulpit…