Would Obama Give Tom Brokaw A Cabinet Position?
It certainly appears as though Brokaw was on Obama’s short list for Vice President. Could he maybe be on the short list for a cabinet position? Maybe Press Secretary?
In a Friday night appearance on the PBS show Charlie Rose, it was revealed that the Democratic ticket could have been Obama-Brokaw. Rose reported: “I think it was Caroline Kennedy who said that when they have the short [running mate] list for Barack Obama, there was a name down there somewhere?” Tom Brokaw replied: “My name was on it.” Rose pestered Brokaw to go into public service after his latest NBC stint ends: “There comes a time, you are reminding me of a conceited anchorman who once said to raise your right hand to enlist.” Brokaw didn’t utterly reject the idea of serving a new administration: “I understand the need to step up from time to time, and if the right opportunity came along, I would certainly be willing to take a good, hard look at that.”
Brokaw and Obama? For the most superficial, air headed Presidential ticket of all time?
Now that would have been a spectacle.
