Of course, this opens the possibility for an Angry Drunken Dwarf sweep of all cabinet level positions. But really — if you are wanting the maximal harnessing of the forces of Web 2.0 in practice — you gotta go 100% pure unrefined unqualified mob voting by the digitally enabled sub-culture of society.

If that’s not patriotic, I don’t know what is.

p.s. You have achieved link love singularity. Awesome.

I’ve turned off paged commenting and all the comments are there. Thanks for the heads up

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We’ve just gotten rid of a self-serving egomaniac – we don’t need another one that will put himself before the need of others. Therefore Calacanis should be struck from the list.

I’d hardly call Mahalo a success, either.

Also, I’m not sure if you’ve heard about how he’s running Mahalo into the ground? If you want someone who will lop off heads by the dozen here in the US and outsource all of those jobs to the Philippines, then I think he’s a fine choice.

Master Businessman indeed. Master bullshitter is more like it, but he’s actually pretty bad at that too.

Here’s a suggestion: why not pick someone who’s business is succeeding as a Sec. of Commerce? Plenty of those around, no need to pick someone who once stood on a table and told his employees in so many words that he was out of ideas on how to improve his business, “delegating” that responsibility to the rank and file.

I’m loving this. I can’t wait for Gary to hold a press conference and tell people that Prez O went over for some diplomatic talks in the Middle East and “crushed it”. Awesome.

Amber

My vote goes to Chris Brogan to be the Social Media Czar for Obama.

And yes you need more women, I would want a job in here somewhere. I’ve always wanted to be a cross-breed of Andrea Wyatt and Amy Gardener (West Wing reference).

Other positions that need to be filled:

Secretary of Agriculture

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary of Labor – I propose Barry Libert, Chairman of Mzinga, because he built an entire business that’s about helping businesses be profitable and productive using social technology

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Matt Mullenweg because everyone wants to house their blogs on WordPress – fo’ sho)

Secretary of Transportation

Secretary of Energy – Garyvee could handle this slot too because he never stops. I want our web 2.0 country to run on whatever he uses/ingests to fuel himself.

Secretary of Education

Secretary of Veterans Affairs – Leo Laporte, because he’s a veteran in the industry. Or maybe Scoble. One of those guys.

Secretary of Homeland Security

Can I be Minister of Propaganda? ;)

There are plenty of positions open for the women – I’m not too worried about the fact that you didn’t put them in *yet* – I figure it’s just a way to get @QueenofSpain to wonk you on the head with a brick. heh.

And what about Melanie Notkin as a health and human services person? Her site – SavvyAuntie – is using Web 2.0 to enlighten and inform aunts, families and the general population.

Good post!