[cpdiii]

Colonel Allen West for Secretary of Defense.
Thomas Sowell for Health Education and Welfare.
Cruz for the Supreme Court.

[Art in Idaho]

Colonel Allen West for Secretary of Defense.

Thomas Sowell for Health Education and Welfare.

Cruz for the Supreme Court.

Sounds good to me. Ben Carson for Surgeon General.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Colonel Allen West for Secretary of Defense.

Cruz for the Supreme Court.

Fine. My thought was Cruz for VP, then named to SCOTUS at the first opportunity. That was in the context of a Walker presidential candidacy, when I thought that Cruz would provide needed rhetorical firepower in the general election.

Thomas Sowell for Health Education and Welfare.

Unfortunately, Prof. Sowell is 85 yo. And, HEW is no more - Education is now a separate Department - one which should be abolished and have a stake driven thru its heart.

Likewise the recommendation of Palin for Secretary of Energy - in reality it’s the Department of No Energy, and should not be given a strong manager but rather should be abolished. Palin for Department of the Interior - or VP - would be worthwhile.

Most or all of the presently declared candidates for the Republican nomination have fine executive credentials to be department heads. The trouble is that the need is for people to downsize or eliminate their departments. EPA, anyone? FDA?