White is currently the mayor of Houston, but in the early 1990s he served as Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of Energy. As DepSec, he played an important role in formulating Clinton’s Caspian region policy, which, as we all know, was infinitely better than George W. Bush’s practically non-existent Caspian policy. After leaving the Clinton Administration, White went on to work in the oil industry, chair the Texas Democratic Party, and do various other things before he decided that he wanted to run the fourth largest, and most humid, city in the United States. However, since everyone who works in the oil industry is evil (obviously) this would likely make White unpalatable to the greens who expect Obama to outlaw fossil fuels and run all of our vehicles on wind energy upon taking office. Oh, but White does have some big plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and focus on energy efficiency. He is also the only person in Houston who drives a Prius instead of a Ford F-850 truck. That probably counts for something.
Anyways, he would be much better than any of the other names being thrown around. Rendell? Markey? Seriously? If either get the job my brain may just explode.
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