Wouldn't it be great if Joe started announcing his cabinet.

[LakeArenal]

I know he doesn’t have to. But he would certainly steal headlines. Announce one every other day.

[in2herbs]

1. IMO Biden should withhold this info until after the election otherwise it will just be fodder for

the Rs.

[LakeArenal]

3. But that would be the point.

Smear campaigns all at once. No one would be able to keep track of them all.

[still_one]

2. No need to show your cards

[machoneman]

7. Yes! Hold ALL your cards when.....your winning!

[RKP5637]

4. I was thinking, if the Dems win the senate/house, they have all the bills Moscow Mitch ignored. It

seems a lot of the paper work has been done. Joe announcing his cabinet ... that would be a blast ... not sure if that is good or bad.

[leftieNanner]

5. And even though all of those bills in Mitch's Graveyard

will need to be passed again in the new Congress, I'm sure Speaker Pelosi will get right on it!

Good idea.

[SharonClark]

6. No, it wouldn't be great.

It would deflect from the issues that will help Joe win and give ammunition to trump.

[MontanaMama]

8. I'm superstitious.

I think Biden should wait until he wins and all legal challenges are to bed. Steal the MF’s headlines from that point until inauguration.

[Trumpocalypse]

9. No

That would be presumptuous and take the focus off of Trump’s record.

[pandr32]

10. I think it's enough to say that he is assembling a transition team at this point

People who can think realize that he is taking his nomination seriously and intends to govern as a sane and responsible person.

[LakeArenal]

11. People who can think? meaning....?

Perhaps, I don’t think seriously??...???

[pandr32]

15. Meaning not his base!

Sorry.

[LakeArenal]

19. Ahhh thanks. My bad.

[kentuck]

12. It would give Trump material for his next rally.

""Did you see where Sleepy Joe named Pocahontas as his Treasury Secretary...? Blah...blah...blah"

[LakeArenal]

13. I'm not seeing why this is a problem.

We have heard it all before. Only his base who will never vote for Joe but buy that shit from him.

The rest of the world sees it as a tired cliched attempt at third grade campaigning.

[empedocles]

14. There are enough Dem targets now, w/o Dems creating more Dem targets

[jayfish]

16. Double-Edge Sword.

On one hand you could say he's getting all of his ducks in a row to hit the ground running if elected. On the other, one could say he's taking his election to POTUS for granted.

[Yeehah]

17. Don't count your chickens until they hatch

Announcing cabinet selections before he wins would be a very stupid move.

[WhiteTara]

18. it would be considered an inducement

to vote for him and is therefore illegal. He's required to wait.

[LakeArenal]

20. The legality is debatable. But I see I'm in a minority here. So I concede.

...
JoeBiden also did not rule out announcing some cabinet members before possibly being elected president. He said he “would consider announcing some cabinet members before the election,” but quickly clarified that he hasn’t “made that commitment” yet...

...The article continues discussing the legality of doing this, most of which isn't relevant to your question. The point is, it definitely seems uncommon.
....

https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/52867/is-it-uncommon-for-usa-presidential-candidates-to-announce-cabinet-picks-before