Who Might Be Named to a Bush or Gore Cabinet?
Aired October 28, 2000 – 8:37 a.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: In Campaign 2000, pundits have had plenty to say about the candidates. But what about possible Cabinet members? We’re going to talk about just that. Joining me now from our Washington bureau are political writers for the “National Journal” Alexis Simendinger and Jim Barnes. Thank you both for being with us this morning. ALEXIS SIMENDINGER, “NATIONAL JOURNAL”: Good morning, Kyra. JIM BARNES, “NATIONAL JOURNAL”: Morning. PHILLIPS: All right. I have the list here of names that the two of you have come across while doing your interviews and your research. Alexis, let’s begin with you and Gore. You’ve been covering Gore quite a bit. Secretary of state. Interesting. We’ve got Richard Holbrooke, George Mitchell, Sam Nunn. Let’s talk about those three for a moment. SIMENDINGER: Well, one of the key positions of course for any administration and
