Posted on 12/11/2016 3:32:28 PM PST by springwater13
Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people, with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry the leading candidate.
People familiar with the president-elect's selection process said two Democratic senators from energy-producing states -- Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia -- are also in the mix, along with Ray Washburne, a Dallas investor and former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
If Trump picks any of the four he will break with recent tradition of putting scientists at the top of the Energy Department. Among other things, the agency is responsible for policies on the safe handling of nuclear material.
Trump met with Perry and Washburne while attending the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore on Saturday. It was at least the second time he'd spoken to the two men for potential roles in the new administration. Trump met with Heitkamp at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 2, and is scheduled to meet with Manchin in New York.
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Ok Rick, make Texas O&G industry great again.
I’d rather see Palin in this spot. It’s beginning to look like she won’t be a player in his administration.
Manchin may not be an “automatic” return to the Senate. My WV relatives tell me his “schtick” is wearing thin with the boys & girls in those hills.
Rex Tillerson for Dept of Energy!
I think Palin would have been a better choice, but I’m “heartless”.
No!
We need Perry in Texas to primary the Toronto Traitor, AKA Rafa Cruz
Sorry long day and I have a few FB friends (all Mormon) who think he is actually going to be the pick.
So why is his degree in Animal Science? Did they ranch at all?
I’m a successful farmer, come from generations of successful farmers and ranchers so I am genuinely curious since farming and ranching are actually quite different.
Do you think Palin is going to pull up stakes and move to DC for some office? I don’t.
She’s going to stay outside where she can speak her mind and take care of her family needs.
JMO
Wait. Wasn’t that one of the departments Perry said he would end as president? There were three...Education, Energy and (tap, tap, tap) doggone it, what was the third one??
“Do you think Palin is going to pull up stakes and move to DC for some office? I don’t.”
She was quite ready to do that, just eight years ago, to serve the worthless John McCain. Why wouldn’t she do the same for a real American president?
I think something else is going on.
Make liberal (and some Freepers with PDS) heads explode: Sarah Palin for Energy!
He grew up on a farm/ranch
Cows. Lots and lots of cows. Black Angus.
His experience as gov of Texas gave him ample experience governing a state heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry. Permian is Americas key to the industry and by now hes an old pro. He would definitely be the kind of proponent Trump could rely on as well and was a Trump supporter very early on. I would rather see him in that position than in congress anyway. Sounds like a good fit.
>> Do you think Palin is going to pull up stakes and move to DC for some office?
She wouldn’t have to. She could call it in.
A lot has changed in Palin’s life since the summer of 2007. It’s just my opinion
but I don’t think she wants the full time grind of DC now.
Who knows anymore? I certainly don't, and she's not sayin.
Perry was a good governor and Texas has a long history of oil and gas development. If you lived for more than a decade in Texas, particularly if you were in Texas politics, you had to know about the oil, gas, and coal industries as they are essential to our economy.
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