forget about names and temporary placeholder characters.
the real dream team is marked in red, see below.
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No Gowdy as AG. For whatever reasons he was beyond ineffective in his role in Congress. Rudy for AG.
Kellyanne is a great surrogate, but much more strategic than a basic PR mouthpiece.
She should be a senior political advisor and head of communications altogether.
Too many congress critters in here. Very much a DC view of things.
Oh, and yuck—Trump doesn’t need someone like Christie as chief of staff. Steve Bannon would be perfect.
And no, I don’t trust Cruz on the SC.
A few ground rules:
Republican senators can only be chosen from Republican controlled states. Even so, they must be used optimally for one of two purposes: to conduct enormous reforms in government agencies (plural), or to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Importantly, if a Democrat senator is at odds with his caucus, and comes from a Republican state, he might be tapped for a less critical role. It would give him a political life beyond his party, but it would also switch his seat to Republican.
President Trump will have to “arm twist” both the senate and the house to get what he wants. Since McConnell will likely remain majority leader, he will probably charge President Trump a premium to get what he wants.
Top priority will be to get a SCOTUS nominee that McConnell will support, and even obstruct Democrat efforts to derail. This will have a huge price tag.
Larry Kudlow for Treasury. Or Fed Chairman.
He’s interested.