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President Obama to nominate San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro for HUD Secretary
Posted on 5/20/14 at 1:45 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 1:45 am
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President Obama plans to announce a Cabinet shuffle next week, asking San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to take the reins at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and moving current Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to the Office of Management and Budget as its next director, according to Democratic officials familiar with the proposed moves.
Both men have reportedly agreed to the plan, and the White House is expected make the nominations public in the coming days.
Castro, 39, is serving his third two-year term as mayor of the nation's seventh-largest city and earned national attention in 2012 when he gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Ever since, Castro has been considered one of a handful of Democrats who could serve as the party's vice presidential nominee in 2016, especially if Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the Democratic nomination for president.
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This obviously shakes things up as far as implications are for 2016. IMO if Castro has any 2016 aspirations, he is taking a risk being associated with the Obama administration if they are transformed into an ineffective lame duck if the GOP takes the senate and maintains the house.
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 1:55 am to Sentrius
Castro will probably be Clinton's running mate. Although having someone with the last name "Castro" on the ticket might make it difficult for her to win Florida.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 2:03 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Castro is such an Obama fanboy.
Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:20 am to BeYou
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Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
Something about a wise Latino male with rich experiences and that sort of thing.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 3:53 am to Sentrius
A fricking mayor!!! This is obviously an attempt to keep trying to turn Texas purple.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:16 am to Sentrius
There was another rising young Hispanic star who started out as mayor of San Antonio and then was appointed Secretary of HUD. But like a lot of politicians he didn't know how to keep his dick in his pants and he crashed and burned rather spectacularly a few years later. Let's hope Mr. Castro doesn't follow in those footsteps.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 4:23 am to BeYou
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Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
Harvard Law, three terms as CEO of a major city. Sorry but he's never been a venture capitalist so he's not on the republican short list.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 5:46 am to Layabout
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Posted on 5/20/14 at 5:47 am to Layabout
Running San Antonio like running Dallas is basically a no-show job.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 5:51 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 5:47 am to Layabout
The current POTUS was Harvard Law, editor of the Law Review. Just sayin'
Posted on 5/20/14 at 6:07 am to XKEnut
Qualifications obviously don't matter when the current "president" is nothing more than a glorified community organizer who should probably be teaching a course on white privilege at some liberal university.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 6:10 am to Sentrius
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San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro
Another communist.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:12 am to EST
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Another communist.
You'd think Ike was a communist. It's why you're not taken seriously.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:13 am to BeYou
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Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
If running one of the largest cities in America doesn't qualify you for Housing and Urban Development, I don't know what does.
Cabinet level positions are political appointees; everyone knows that.
The most qualified person is probably a life-long bureaucrat that knows the ins and outs of the department, but he is always doomed to live in the world of red tape.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:27 am to BeYou
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Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
Well to be fair now, he does have experience spending taxpayer money.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:51 am to Layabout
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Sorry but he's never been a venture capitalist so he's not on the republican short list.
sounds like Corey Booker's bio that was supposed to make him the next DEM superstar
Posted on 5/20/14 at 9:08 am to BeYou
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Also, can anyone explain how Castro is qualified for this position?
Hispanic
Posted on 5/20/14 at 9:12 am to Sentrius
I've watched that dude...he's slick. Got the Obama flair. Almost makes me want to vote for him. Fool me once, shame on me... 
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:31 am to Sentrius
Simple
Need to turn Texas blue
Housing projects in red areas
Need to turn Texas blue
Housing projects in red areas
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:43 am to Sentrius
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Julian Castro
¡Viva la raza!
And yes...he's an Obama in training (same with his brother). His big accomplishment was getting a sales tax passed to fund pre-K for certain parts of the city. They've done a great job staying under the radar without accomplishing much of anything. They are typical, slimy, empty suit politicians. One of them should be running for governor....not Wendy Davis. They would actually have a chance.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 11:31 am
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