The Alternate Cabinets Thread

[Charles James Fox]

Post-Brexit reshuffle - in an attempt to save her job, May rewards loyal Brexiteers, as speculated here. DExEU scrapped and new Digital and Innovation department set up from DCMS and Cabinet Office staff.

Prime Minister: Theresa May
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Jeremy Hunt
Foreign Secretary: Dominic Raab
International Trade Secretary: Liam Fox
Home Secretary: Sajid Javid
Defence Secretary: Penny Mordaunt
Health and Social Care Secretary: Matt Hancock
Education Secretary: Damian Hinds
Justice Secretary: Lucy Frazer QC
DWP: Esther McVey
BEIS: Claire Perry
DEFRA: Michael Gove
Transport: Gavin Williamson
MHCLG: James Brokenshire
DCMS: Victoria Atkins
Digital and Innovation: Rishi Sunak
International Development: Suella Braverman
Scotland: David Mundell
Wales: Alun Cairns
Northern Ireland: Karen Bradley
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Liz Truss
Minister of State for the Cabinet Office: David Lidington
Leader of the House of Commons: Chris Grayling
Chief Whip: David Gauke
Chairman of the Conservative Party: Brandon Lewis

 

[Luke_Starkiller]

President: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Vice President: Fmr. Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)

Secretary of State: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Secretary of the Treasury: Gov. Gina Raimondo (D-RI)
Secretary of Defense: Fmr. National Security Advisor Susan Rice (D-MD)
Attorney General: Fmr. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL)

Secretary of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management Director Michael Nedd (D-DC)
Secretary of Agriculture: Fmr. Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado (R-CA)
Secretary of Commerce: Fmr. Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Secretary of Labor: Fmr. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Secretary of HHS: Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm (D-MN)
Secretary of HUD: Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Secretary of Transportation: Mayor Mike "Big Nut" Nutter (D-PA)
Secretary of Energy: Fmr. EPA Chair Carol Browner (D-FL)
Secretary of Education: UC System President Janet Napolitano (D-CA)
Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs: Fmr. Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D-MO)
Secretary of Homeland Security: Fmr. Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-NV)

 

[Gorrister]

Cabinet of Bernie Sanders (As of January 20, 2021)

Vice President: Catherine Cortez-Masto

Secretary of State: William Burns
Secretary of the Treasury: Robert Reich
Secretary of Defense: Michèle Flournoy
Attorney General: Christine Varney
Secretary of the Interior: Raul Grijalva
Secretary of Agriculture: Debbie Stabenow
Secretary of Commerce: Gregory Meeks
Secretary of Labor: Jennifer Granholm
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Andrea Palm
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Christine Quinn
Secretary of Energy: Ernest Moinz
Secretary of Transportation: Michael Huerta
Secretary of Education: Jim Shelton
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Sloan Gibson
Secretary of Homeland Security: Martin O'Malley

Chief of Staff: Tad Davine
Press Secretary: Symone Sanders
Trade Representative: Terrell McSweeney
Director of National Intelligence: James Stavridis
Ambassador to the United Nations: Wendy Sherman
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Karen Mills

Cabinet of Donald Trump Jr. (As of January 20, 2029)

Vice President: Franklin Graham

Secretary of State: Matt Gaetz
Secretary of the Treasury: Jeb Hensarling
Secretary of Defense: Gina Haspell
Attorney General: Alice Fisher
Secretary of the Interior: Butch Otter
Secretary of Agriculture: Tim Huelskamp
Secretary of Commerce: Randy Levine
Secretary of Labor: Peter List
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Heather Bresch
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Ron DeSantis
Secretary of Energy: Robert Grady
Secretary of Transportation: John Cogliano
Secretary of Education: Jerry Falwell Jr.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Homeland Security: Rosemary Jenks

Chief of Staff: Jason Miller
Press Secretary: Jacob Wohl
Trade Representative: Hope Hicks
Director of National Intelligence: Mike Rogers
Ambassador to the United Nations: Diana Lynne Mercer
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: David Bossie

 

[PNWKing]

President: John McCain
Vice President: Sarah Palin

Secretary of State: Mike Huckabee
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Paulson
Secretary of Defense: Colin Powell
Attorney General: Lindsay Graham
Secretary of the Interior: Orrin Hatch
Secretary of Agriculture: Gary R. Herbert
Secretary of Commerce: Fred Smith
Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dr. Ben Carson
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: J.C. Watts
Secretary of Energy: Jeb Bush
Secretary of Transportation: Daniel Akers
Secretary of Education: Hazel O'Leary
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Chuck Hagel
Secretary of Homeland Security: Michael Chertoff

Chief of Staff: John Boehner
Press Secretary: Britt Hume
Trade Representative: Cathy McMorris-Rodgers
Director of National Intelligence: Robert S. Mueller III
EPA Administrator: Stephen Lee Johnson
Ambassador to the United Nations: Norm Coleman
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Rick Perry

 

[BlueEagle21]

Dewey '48

President: Thomas E. Dewey
Vice President: Charles Halleck
Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles
Secretary of Defense: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury: Elliott Bell
Attorney General: Herbert Brownell
Postmaster General: Arthur Summerfield
Secretary of the Interior: John C. Vivian
Secretary of Agriculture: H.E. Babcock
Secretary of Commerce: John W. Bricker
Secretary of Labor: Fred A. Hartley, Jr.

 

[Wendell]

There is no way John McCain puts Mike Huckabee at State.

 

[ES1702]

David Cameron's Cabinet Reshuffle: 30 June 2016
Following a vote to Remain in the European Union by 51-49.

Prime Minister: David Cameron
Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Gove
- Minister for the Cabinet Office
Defence Secretary: George Osborne
- First Secretary of State
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sajid Javid
Home Secretary: Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary: Theresa May
Justice Secretary: Amber Rudd
Work and Pensions Secretary: Jeremy Hunt
Health Secretary: Nicky Morgan
Leader of the House of Commons: Liam Fox
International Development Secretary: Nick Herbert
Education Secretary: Greg Clark
Leader of the House of Lords: Baroness Stowell
Transport Secretary: Matt Hancock
Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary: Anna Soubry
Northern Ireland Secretary: Priti Patel
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary: Liz Truss
Communities and Local Government Secretary: Brandon Lewis
Wales Secretary: Alun Cairns
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Chris Grayling
- Chairman of the Party
Culture, Media and Sport Secretary: George Freeman
Scotland Secretary: David Mundell
Energy and Climate Change Secretary: Andrea Leadsom

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Also attending Cabinet:

Chief Secretary: Greg Hands
Chief Whip: Mark Harper
Attorney General: Jeremy Wright
Employment Minister: Dominic Raab
Small Business Minister: Margot James
Housing Minister: Gavin Barwell

 

[Gorrister]

Cabinet of Rick Santorum, 2009:
President: Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Chief of Staff: Foster Friess (R-WY)
Press Secretary: Sean Spicer (R-NY)
Vice President: Heather Wilson (R-NM)
Secretary of State: John McCain (R-AZ)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Paul Wolfowitz (R-NY)
Secretary of Defense: Tommy Franks (R-OK)
National Security Adviser: Dan Senor (R-NY)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Attorney General: Fred Thompson (R-TN)
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Merrick Garland (D-DC)
Secretary of the Treasury: Phil Gramm (R-TX)
Chairman of the Federal Reserve: Ben Bernanke (R-NY)
Secretary of Labor: Eugene Scalia (R-DC)
Secretary of Commerce: Lewis Eisenberg (R-NJ)
Secretary of Energy: Pete Domenici (R-NM) [REJECTED], Joe Barton (R-TX)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: James Inhofe (R-OK)
Secretary of Transportation: Elaine Chao (R-KY)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Mike Leavitt (R-UT)
Secretary of Agriculture: Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Secretary of the Interior: Sarah Palin (R-AK)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
Secretary of Education: Phil Handy (R-FL)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Richard Burr (R-NC)

 

[Yes]

Cabinet of Rick Santorum, 2009:
President: Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Chief of Staff: Foster Friess (R-WY)
Press Secretary: Sean Spicer (R-NY)
Vice President: Heather Wilson (R-NM)
Secretary of State: John McCain (R-AZ)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Paul Wolfowitz (R-NY)
Secretary of Defense: Tommy Franks (R-OK)
National Security Adviser: Dan Senor (R-NY)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Attorney General: Fred Thompson (R-TN)
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Merrick Garland (D-DC)
Secretary of the Treasury: Phil Gramm (R-TX)
Chairman of the Federal Reserve: Ben Bernanke (R-NY)
Secretary of Labor: Eugene Scalia (R-DC)
Secretary of Commerce: Lewis Eisenberg (R-NJ)
Secretary of Energy: Pete Domenici (R-NM) [REJECTED], Joe Barton (R-TX)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: James Inhofe (R-OK)
Secretary of Transportation: Elaine Chao (R-KY)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Mike Leavitt (R-UT)
Secretary of Agriculture: Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Secretary of the Interior: Sarah Palin (R-AK)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
Secretary of Education: Phil Handy (R-FL)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Richard Burr (R-NC)

My soul hurts now. And *of course* Sarah Palin is at Interior ("Now with Corporate Sponsorships for Wolf Poaching!") and Fred Thompson is snoozing away merrily at Justice.

 

[Gorrister]

My soul hurts now. And *of course* Sarah Palin is at Interior ("Now with Corporate Sponsorships for Wolf Poaching!") and Fred Thompson is snoozing away merrily at Justice.

I'm surprised you have nothing for Jim "actual" Inhofe at EPA.

 

[Yes]

I'm surprised you have nothing for Jim "actual" Inhofe at EPA.

I'm waiting for the meds to kick in before I hold forth on that...

 

[Gorrister]

I'm waiting for the meds to kick in before I hold forth on that...

John McCain at State and Phil Gramm at the Treasury mean that everyone gets fucked over, regardless of where they live.

 

[Yes]

John McCain at State and Phil Gramm at the Treasury mean that everyone gets fucked over, regardless of where they live.

Indeed. Indeed. This whole cabinet is like one of those land mines that pops up into midair and hurls dozens of little bomblets in all directions to go off all over the place.

 

[AndrewH]

Cabinet of Ned Lamont, 2013:
President: Ned Lamont (D-CT)
Chief of Staff: Zack Exley (D-NY)
Press Secretary: Katie Fallon (D-NY)
Deputy White House Chief of Staff: Laura Moser (D-TX)
Vice President: Betty Castor (D-FL)
Secretary of State: Susan Rice (D-ME)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Elizabeth F. Bagley (D-MA)
Secretary of Defense: Adam Smith (D-WA)
National Security Adviser: Christopher Burnham (R-CT)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Leon Panetta (D-CA)
Attorney General: Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Deputy Attorney General: Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Secretary of the Treasury: James Bullard (I-MO)
Chairman of the Federal Reserve: Martin Baily (D-IL)
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers: Carl Shapiro (I-TX)
Secretary of Labor: Teresa Ghilarducci (D-CA)
Secretary of Commerce: Gene Sperling (D-MI)
Secretary of Energy: Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Van Jones (D-NY)
Secretary of Transportation: Joseph H. Boardman (D-NY)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Barry Bluestone (D-MI)
Secretary of Agriculture: Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Secretary of the Interior: Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Secretary of Education: David L. Brewer (I-CA)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Paul Rieckhoff (I-NY)

 

[Gorrister]

Indeed. Indeed. This whole cabinet is like one of those land mines that pops up into midair and hurls dozens of little bomblets in all directions to go off all over the place.

Well after eight years of Gorevernment Intervention it's time to reel things back just a little.

 

[Charles James Fox]

Lib-Lab coalition

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Alan Johnson (2010 - 2015)
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary for Children, Schools, and Families: Nick Clegg (2010 - 2015)

Chancellor of the Exchequer: Alistair Darling (2007 - 2012), David Miliband (2012 - 2015)
Foreign Secretary: David Miliband (2007 - 2012), Yvette Cooper (2012 - 2015)
Home Secretary: Yvette Cooper (2010 - 2012), Andy Burnham (2012 - 2015)

Defence Secretary: Liam Byrne (2010 - 2015)
Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor: Jack Straw (2007 - 2012), Harriet Harman (2012 - 2015)
Business, Innovation, and Skills Secretary: Vince Cable (2010 - 2015)
Energy and Climate Change Secretary: Chris Huhne (2010 - 2012), Norman Lamb (2012 - 2015)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Ed Davey (2010 - 2015)

Health Secretary: Andy Burnham (2009 - 2012), Meg Hillier (2012 - 2014), Liz Kendall (2014 - 2015)
Transport Secretary: Lord Adonis (2009 - 2012), Ed Balls (2012 - 2015)
Work and Pensions Secretary: Ed Balls (2010 - 2012), Caroline Flint (2012 - 2015)

Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Secretary: Ed Miliband (2010 - 2015)
Communities and Local Government Secretary: Simon Hughes (2010 - 2015)
Culture, Media, and Sport Secretary: Norman Lamb (2010 - 2012), Danny Alexander (2012 - 2015)
International Development Secretary: Douglas Alexander (2007 - 2012), Sadiq Khan (2012 - 2015)

Scotland Secretary: Jim Murphy (2008 - 2012), Douglas Alexander (2012 - 2015)
Wales Secretary: Peter Hain (2008 - 2013), Chris Bryant (2013 - 2015)
Northern Ireland Secretary: Stephen Timms (2010 - 2012), Rosie Winterton (2012 - 2015)

Leader of the House of Commons: Harriet Harman (2010 - 2012), Hilary Benn (2012 - 2015)
Minister for the Cabinet Office: Tessa Jowell (2009 - 2012), Rachel Reeves (2012 - 2015)
Chief Whip: Nick Brown (2008 - 2012), Vernon Coaker (2012 - 2015)

Minister for Housing and Planning: Ivan Lewis (2010 - 2012), Angela Eagle (2012 - 2015)
Minister of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills: Pat McFadden (2009 - 2012), Mary Creagh (2012 - 2014), Tristram Hunt (2014 - 2015)

 

[John Fredrick Parker]

2001
President: John McCain
Vice President: John Engler

State: Joe Lieberman
Treasury: Phil Graham
Defense: Colin Powell
Attorney General: John Danforth
Interior: Christine Todd Whitman
Agriculture: Terry Branstad
Commerce: Spencer Abraham
Labor: Elaine Chao
H.H.S.: Elizabeth Dole (?)
H.U.D.: John H Logie (?)
Transportation: Tommy Thompson (?)
Energy: Lamar Alexander (?)
Education: John Kaisch (?)
Veterans: Anthony Principi (?)

Chief of Staff: John Boehner
Deputy Chief of Staff: Rick Davis
National Security Advisor: Robert Gates
Communications Director: Mark Salter
Press Secretary: Howard Opinksky
Special Advisors: Mike Murphy, John Weaver
Personal Secretary: Rosemary Alexander

 

[Jonathan]

2001
President: John McCain

H.H.S.: Tommy Thompson (?)
H.U.D.: ?
Transportation: ?
Energy: ?
Education: ?
Veterans: Anthony Principi (?)

Potential candidates:
- Elizabeth Dole, wife of Bob Dole, graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School, Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and Secretary of Labor under George H. W. Bush before becoming head of the American Red Cross.
- Lamar Alexander Jr., 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993, under George H. W. Bush.
- John Kasich, left the House of Representatives in 2001.

 

[John Fredrick Parker]

- Elizabeth Dole, wife of Bob Dole, graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School, Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and Secretary of Labor under George H. W. Bush before becoming head of the American Red Cross.

She looks like a good person for the cabinet generally, but if there was any position she'd be interested in by 2000, I'd expect it would be HHS (or higher), given her experience with the Red Cross. But that means Tommy Thompson can't have the job, meaning he's either going to have to make due with Secretary of Transportation or remain Governor of Wisconsin for the next few years.

- Lamar Alexander Jr., 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993, under George H. W. Bush.

While I suppose it's possible he returns to being Secretary of Education after eight years, I kind of expect he's going to want a different more visible position; does anyone happen to know if Alexander was promoting Nuclear Energy as of 2000, or if that's something he really got into after he was elected to the Senate and appointed to the Energy committee? Because if it's the latter, I could actually see him being a good candidate there.

- John Kasich, left the House of Representatives in 2001.

He is kind of a perfect McCain Republican at this point more generally, but I wonder what his specific area of expertise could be (especially before his role as Ohio Governor). Maybe Education?

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If all of this does work plausibility wise - Thompson at Transportation, Alexander at Energy, and Kaisch at Education - then it so happens that this just leaves Housing and Urban Development.

 

[Charles James Fox]

Fantasy 'Norway Now' National Government (2019 -)

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Amber Rudd (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Nicky Morgan (Conservative)
Foreign Secretary: Hilary Benn (Labour)
Home Secretary: Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Defence Secretary: Tom Tugendhat (Conservative)
Brexit Secretary: Nick Boles (Conservative)
Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Secretary: Sir Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat)
Education Secretary: Chuka Umunna (Labour)
Health Secretary: Dr. Sarah Wollaston (Conservative)
Housing, Communities, and Local Government Secretary: Justine Greening (Conservative)
Transport Secretary: Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor: Dominic Grieve (Conservative)
Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Secretary: Greg Clark (Conservative)
Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Secretary: Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Work and Pensions Secretary: Frank Field (Independent)
International Development Secretary: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Northern Ireland Secretary: David Gauke (Conservative)
Scotland Secretary: David Mundell (Conservative)
Wales Secretary: Owen Smith (Labour)
Leader of the House of Commons: Anna Soubry (Conservative)
Chief Whip: Sir Nicholas Soames (Conservative)