Roger Johnson in the Cabinet?

  •  November 8, 2008

Roger Johnson, ND’s current ag commissioner, is being mentioned as a possible candidate for Obama’s Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture.

BISMARCK – Some lists of a potential secretary of agriculture in the new Obama admininstration include North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson.
Johnson says he’s happy with his current job and isn’t seeking the cabinet post in Washington. But he says if the president calls, “you answer.”

Something tells me that he’d take the gig if offered to him. I would think that someone like Tom Vilsack the former Gov of Iowa or Tom Harkin, also of Iowa. A darkhorse could be Collin Peterson, from right across the river in Minnesota’s 7th District.

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  • http://sayanythingblog.com/profile/pcND pcND

    [blockquote]You’d think Kent Conrad, given how hard he flaked for Obama during the election, would be in line for a cabinet spot before Roger Johnson. [/blockquote]

    They don’t want to lose a “budget hawk” (oops I just puked) like him in the Senate.

  • Joseph

    Conrad said he wants to stay in the Senate. Ed’s right about some people not being cut out to be a legislator. Some legislators, make that most, are not cut out to be in the executive branch.

    Kind of like that old saying, “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach”. Only for congress its “those who can, do; those who can’t, bitch.”

  • tom

    Roger Johnson—You are no Ed Schafer

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    You’d think Kent Conrad, given how hard he flaked for Obama during the election, would be in line for a cabinet spot before Roger Johnson.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    They don’t want to lose a “budget hawk” (oops I just puked) like him in the Senate.

    Well that, and with Lieberman possibly caucusing with the Republicans losing another Senate seat to a Hoeven appointee (who would be, at least ostensibly, a Republican) probably isn’t an option.

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