Keller @ Large: Don ’ t Expect Warren, Walsh Or Baker In Biden Cabinet

BOSTON (CBS) – Joe Biden will be inaugurated president on January 20, 2021. And one way or another, that will mean a shakeup of the status quo here in Massachusetts. Most speculation right now is focusing on the possibility Biden might poach major Massachusetts political figures to serve in his administration. On that front, color me skeptical. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was never close to Biden, and has hit him pretty hard through the years over policy differences. As recently as last January she was pushing to repeal bankruptcy laws he had promoted as senator from Delaware. But the two mended fences fast after he ran away with the nomination last winter, and Warren both campaigned and raised money for the ticket. Now she’s making it clear she’d like to be Treasury Secretary, an ideal perch to police financial markets and hold scofflaws accountable. My guess: not happening. Biden might or might not mind terrifying big-money bigwigs, but if he deems a Warren hire too provocative he can cover his tracks by noting – accurately – that he needs her more in the closely-divided Senate. Then there’s Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Biden pal who gets along fine with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris too. Walsh’s background as a building trades union president recommends him to be Secretary of Labor, in theory but again, I’m guessing he stays put. Don’t know if Walsh has ever read “Locked in the Cabinet,” a memoir by the last Bay Stater to serve as labor secretary, R...
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