The governor and his cabinet were to fan out around the state Thursday to push the proposal.
In practice, the prime minister chooses the governor-general without consulting even his cabinet, let alone the public.
That would be very interesting because he has a tremendous resume serving in the Cabinet and Congress and as governor.
Governor Romney stated all the applicants to his cabinet in Massachusetts were men.
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Is Governor Romney here tomorrow in some kind of Cabinet-level position? (Laughter.) In some kind of audition for that position?
Tony Blair is said now to favour nominating Christopher Patten, a former Conservative cabinet minister and an ex-governor of Hong Kong, as Britain's second commissioner.
Ronald Reagan kept a jar of Jelly Bellies on his desk in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and at Cabinet meetings, having formed the habit while governor of California during the 1960s.
The governor allegedly speculated about trading the Senate seat for the job of energy secretary because, as "Deputy Governor A" helpfully informed him, that was the cabinet position "that makes the most money" -- by which he almost certainly did not mean that it carried the greatest salary.
Gary has served with distinction in the Cabinet, as well as before that serving as the governor of the state of Washington.
It's a very different situation in neighboring Arizona, where another Democratic governor, Janet Napolitano, is also stepping down to join the Cabinet.
He left business to become governor of Michigan, ran unsuccessfully for president and ultimately joined the cabinet of Richard Nixon as secretary of housing and urban development.
Governor Romney made his case based to his record of staffing his Massachusetts cabinet with more proportional representation of women.
Governor SARAH PALIN (Republican, Alaska): We just had a cabinet meeting over at the House, so of course she has to come plopping down the stairs carrying the baby to show everybody (unintelligible).
It's a very different situation in neighboring Arizona, where another Democratic governor, Janet Napolitano, is also stepping down to join Obama's Cabinet.
Distinguished alumni include a third of the current members of Lebanon's cabinet, a quarter of its members of parliament, the central bank governor and foreign minister of Jordan, and the Bush administration's hawkish special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad.
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Republican Tom Ridge said Friday he would step down as governor of Pennsylvania on October 5 to become the first Director of Homeland Security, a new Cabinet-level position that will coordinate information from dozens of federal agencies to defend the country against domestic terrorism.
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