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The Backbone Campaign, Progressive Government, and a coalition of grassroots organizations have initiated a process to empower citizens to nominate, comment on, and rate progressive leaders to serve as a virtual Progressive Parallel Administration. We want to demonstrate that the progressive movement is not merely an oppositional, but also propositional movement, and that we are not content running campaigns, but preparing to run the country.

Phase II of this project is Conversations with the Cabinet a weekly webcast conference call and podcast, designed to create links between grassroots activists and our most effective policy and movement leaders. Join the email list to be notified of opportunities to participate in these calls.

To learn about each position, click on the title of the position, such as Secretary of Agriculture, to read the job description and progressive criteria for that position.

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Secretary
Agriculture

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Jim Hightower click to rate
 Wendell Berry click to rate
 Wes Jackson click to rate
 Michael Pollan click to rate
 Dolores Huerta click to rate
 Sen. Tom Harkin click to rate
 Tom Vilsack click to rate
 Lester R. Brown click to rate
 Will Allen click to rate
 Howard Lyman click to rate
 Marion Nestle click to rate
 Jill Long Thompson click to rate
 Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. click to rate
 Jimmy Carter click to rate
 Russ Feingold click to rate
Secretary
Commerce

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 John Cavanagh click to rate
 Amy Domini click to rate
 Robert Reich click to rate
 Hunter Lovins click to rate
 Judy Wicks click to rate
 Kevin Danaher click to rate
 Ray C. Anderson click to rate
 Paul Krugman click to rate
 Bernie Sanders click to rate
 Dr. Dean Baker click to rate
 David Korten click to rate
 Gov. Jon Corzine click to rate
 Michael Porter click to rate
 Nydia M. Velázquez click to rate
 Paul Hawken click to rate
 Peter Miguel Camejo click to rate
 John de Graaf click to rate
 Dr. Geoffrey M. Heal click to rate
 Alisa Gravitz click to rate
 Jeff Gates click to rate
 Robert Pollin click to rate
Secretary
Defense

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 James Webb click to rate
 Craig Eisendrath click to rate
 Gary Hart click to rate
 Ron Dellums click to rate
 Franklin C. (Chuck) Spinney click to rate
 Randall Forsberg click to rate
 Max Cleland click to rate
 Sen. Carl Levin click to rate
 Stephen Zunes click to rate
 Rep. Jack Murtha click to rate
Secretary
Education

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Marshall Rosenberg click to rate
 Jonathan Kozol click to rate
 Howard Zinn click to rate
 Marian Wright Edelman click to rate
 Alfie Kohn click to rate
 John Taylor Gatto click to rate
 Wendy Kopp click to rate
 Martin Haberman click to rate
 Dr. Dwight Allen click to rate
 bell hooks click to rate
 Eric Cooper click to rate
 Ruth Simmons click to rate
 Bob Chase click to rate
 Dr. Fritjof Capra click to rate
 Inez Tenenbaum click to rate
 Gary K. Hart (California) click to rate
 The Hon. Rev. Dr. Robert B. Ingram click to rate
 Ted Kennedy click to rate
 Angela Valenzuela click to rate
 Wendy Puriefoy click to rate
Secretary
Energy

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Rep. Jay Inslee click to rate
 Al Gore click to rate
 Ralph Cavanagh click to rate
 Daniel M. Kammen click to rate
 Amory Lovins click to rate
 John P Holdren click to rate
 Senator Tim Wirth click to rate
Secretary
Health and Human Services

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Anne White Hat click to rate
 Steffie Woolhandler, MD click to rate
 Helen Caldicott click to rate
 Quentin Young, MD click to rate
 Howard Dean, MD click to rate
 Rep. Jim McDermott click to rate
 Rep. Louise Slaughter click to rate
 Byllye Avery click to rate
 Patch Adams click to rate
 Patrica Gabow, MD click to rate
 Carol Moseley Braun click to rate
 Julian Bond click to rate
 Dr. Joycelyn Elders click to rate
 Ted Kennedy click to rate
 Sidney Wolf, MD click to rate
 Sen. Clinton click to rate
 Dennis Kucinich click to rate
 Dr. John Haglin click to rate
 CA Assemblywoman Wilma Chan click to rate
 David Baltimore click to rate
Secretary
Housing and Urban Development

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Christopher Alexander click to rate
 Catherine Austin Fitts click to rate
 Eleanor Holmes Norton click to rate
 Andres Duany click to rate
 Andrew Cuomo click to rate
 Jimmy Carter click to rate
 Roxanne Qualls click to rate
 Andrew Valls click to rate
 Carol Moseley Braun click to rate
 Dennis Kucinich click to rate
 Jesse Jackson click to rate
 Richard D. Baron click to rate
 Joycelyn Elders click to rate
 Sheila Crowley click to rate
 Al Sharpton click to rate
 Mayor Michael B. Coleman click to rate
 Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) click to rate
 Tom Menino click to rate
 Kweisi Mfume click to rate
Secretary
Interior

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Tom Goldtooth click to rate
 Robert Kennedy, Jr click to rate
 Wilma Mankiller click to rate
 Pat Byington click to rate
 Carl Pope click to rate
 Al Gore click to rate
 John Kitzhaber click to rate
 Rodger Schlickeisen click to rate
 George Miller click to rate
 Martha Marks click to rate
 Robert Redford click to rate
 Rep Mark Udall, D-Colo. click to rate
 Winona LaDuke click to rate
 Paul Johnson click to rate
 Kevin Danaher click to rate
 Senator Dick Durbin click to rate
 Rep. Peter DeFazio click to rate
 Ed Dobson click to rate
 Carol Browner click to rate
Attorney General
Justice

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Eva Paterson click to rate
 Elizabeth Birch click to rate
 John Conyers click to rate
 Senator Russell Feingold click to rate
 Mario Cuomo click to rate
 Eliot Spitzer click to rate
 David Cobb click to rate
 Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald click to rate
 Jakada Imani click to rate
 Kamala Harris click to rate
 Drew S. Days, III click to rate
 Christopher Edley click to rate
 Virginia Sloan click to rate
 John Shattuck click to rate
 Ron Kuby click to rate
 David Van Os click to rate
 David Cole click to rate
 Al Giordano click to rate
 Rep. Lloyd Doggett click to rate
 Mary Jo White click to rate
 Cliff Arnebeck click to rate
 Hon. Alan Page click to rate
 Morris Dees click to rate
 Ronnie Earle click to rate
 Carol Moseley Braun click to rate
 Lynn Adelman click to rate
 Richard Blumenthal click to rate
 Barney Frank click to rate
 Nadine Strossen click to rate
 Deval Patrick click to rate
 Michael Ruppert click to rate
 Senator Patrick J. Leahy click to rate
 Ralph Nader click to rate
 Gov. Jim Doyle click to rate
 Gerry Spence click to rate
 Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) click to rate
 Richard Ben-Veniste click to rate
 Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones click to rate
 Ronald Goldfarb click to rate
 Roger Wilkins click to rate
 Christine Gregoire click to rate
Secretary
Labor

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Maria Echaveste click to rate
 Robert Reich click to rate
 Dick Gephart click to rate
 Holly Sklar click to rate
 Rep. Jerrold Nadler click to rate
 Dennis Kucinich click to rate
 Willie Baptist click to rate
 Alan B. Krueger click to rate
 Howard Dean click to rate
 Andrew L. Stern click to rate
 Evelyn Murphy click to rate
 Michael Albert click to rate
 Baldemar Velasquez click to rate
 Ruth Rosenbaum click to rate
 John Sweeney click to rate
 Bill Fletcher Jr. click to rate
 Thea Lee click to rate
 Dolores Huerta click to rate
 Juliet Schor click to rate
 Ralph Nader click to rate
 Barbara Ehrenreich click to rate
 Thomas Glynn click to rate
 Richard Florida click to rate
 Paul Krugman click to rate
 Marjorie Kelly click to rate
Secretary
Peace

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Tom Andrews click to rate
 Dennis Kucinich click to rate
 Jimmy Carter click to rate
 Tom Hayden click to rate
 Howard Zinn click to rate
 Helen Caldicott click to rate
 Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg click to rate
 Neil Abercrombie click to rate
 Noam Chomsky click to rate
 Elie Wiesel click to rate
 Andrew Young click to rate
 Dr. John Haglin click to rate
 John Dear, S.J. click to rate
 George Soros click to rate
 Howard Dean click to rate
 Jonathan Schell click to rate
 George C. Edwards click to rate
Secretary
State

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Bill Moyers click to rate
 Gayle Smith click to rate
 Bill Richardson click to rate
 Bill Clinton click to rate
 Jimmy Carter click to rate
 Senator Joe Biden click to rate
 Gore Vidal click to rate
 Al Gore click to rate
 Joseph Nye click to rate
 Medea Benjamin click to rate
 Dr. Stephen Zunes click to rate
 Howard Dean click to rate
 Phyllis Bennis click to rate
 Noam Chomsky click to rate
 Gary Hart click to rate
 Carol Moseley Braun click to rate
 Chalmers Johnson click to rate
 Hazel Henderson click to rate
 Anthony Arnove click to rate
 Andrew Young click to rate
 Strobe Talbot click to rate
 Anne-Marie Slaughter click to rate
 Emira Woods click to rate
 Dennis Kucinich click to rate
 John Brady Kiesling click to rate
 Barbara Boxer click to rate
 Mario Cuomo click to rate
Secretary
Transportation

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Jan Lundberg click to rate
 Hank Dittmar click to rate
 Shelley Poticha click to rate
 Michael Dukakis click to rate
 Jim Oberstar click to rate
 John O. Norquist click to rate
 Congressman Robet Menendez click to rate
 Nicholas Johnson click to rate
 Sen. Ted Kennedy click to rate
 Rep. Earl Blumenauer click to rate
 Ralph Nader click to rate
 Jerry Brown click to rate
 Anne P. Canby click to rate
 Richard Katz click to rate
 Janette Sadik-Khan click to rate
 Peter Calthorpe click to rate
Secretary
Treasury

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Paul Krugman click to rate
 Robert Reich click to rate
 Robert Rubin click to rate
 Catherine Austin Fitts click to rate
 Amy Domini click to rate
 Bill Gates, Sr. click to rate
 Robert Pollin click to rate
 Max B. Sawicky click to rate
 Dr. Ravi Batra click to rate
 Phil Angelides click to rate
 Howard Dean click to rate
 Gary Hart click to rate
 Sen Corzine click to rate
 Bill Curry click to rate
 George Soros click to rate
 Doug Henwood click to rate
 Robert C. Byrd click to rate
 Dr. Dean Baker click to rate
 Andrew S. Grove click to rate
Secretary
Veterans Affairs

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Max Cleland click to rate
 Ron Kovic click to rate
 Bob Kerrey click to rate
 Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL) click to rate
 Wesley Clark click to rate
 Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) click to rate
Secretary
Sustainability

 Nominee(s): click to rate
 Gifford Pinchot III click to rate
 Bill McKibben click to rate
 William McDonough click to rate
 Lester R. Brown click to rate
 Judy Wicks