Biden's Cabinet-To-Be Welcome to the Maclean's Politics Insider: America 2020, launched for readers who crave U.S. political news during primary season. If you want to receive this new newsletter, take no action, it will arrive in your inbox every weekday at noon. If you'd rather not receive it, please unsubscribe here. Biden's "Return to Normal" list: Now that Joe Biden is finally the acknowledged frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, his team is already discussing possible Cabinet appointments. A list of possible appointees, leaked to Axios, is described as a "Return to Normal" plan, which will replace the chaos of the Trump years with familiar names and competent professionals. In practice, this includes a lot of holdovers from the glory days of Barack Obama , like John Kerry and Susan Rice, who might be asked to join a Biden administration in new roles. It also suggests the possibility of rewards for some of the Democratic candidates who dropped out, like maybe a World Bank job for Michael Bloomberg, an ambassadorship for Pete Buttigieg, and a Treasury Secretary appointment for Elizabeth Warren. She hasn't endorsed Biden yet, but then, they haven't offered her the job yet either. Biden's veep ideas: Axios co-founders Jim VandenHei and Mike Allen also asked who Joe Biden might pick as his running mate. Some advisers think it might be a candidate of colour, like Kamala Harris or Cory Booker - two ex-presidential candidates who just happened to endorse Biden in the last few days. Others favour Elizabeth Warren as a unity candidate, though he would have to overcome "hard feelings from the Obama years." And one Biden adviser, asked who he'd pick, replied "Whoever Jim Clyburn wants it to be." Clyburn is the powerful South Carolina Congressman whose endorsement helped Biden win the state and turn his campaign around, and Biden will take his advice seriously. Trump campaign stop canceled over coronavirus: The coronavirus pandemic may have Donald J. Trump trying to balance his hatred of germs with his love of a healthy Dow Jones Average. While the boss was on Twitter reassuring the world that the crisis is overblown, his campaign canceled a planned bus tour called "Women For Trump," which was supposed to be a three-day bus ride through three Midwestern states Trump needs to win again in November. Among the people scheduled to go on the tour were Trump's daughter-in-law Lara and Mercedes Schlapp, whose husband Matt was in charge of a recent conference where at least one attendee tested positive for the virus. Reporters for the New York Times also noticed that while Trump has publicly vowed to keep doing big public rallies, "for the first time in months, none are currently scheduled." Democrats recruit key Senate candidate: Now that the Democratic party establishment has roared back to life, they may be having more luck convincing red-state Democrats to help them win back control of the Senate. On Monday, Montana governor Steve Bullock announced that he will run against his state's incumbent Senator, Steve Daines. Montana mostly votes Republican in presidential elections but has had several Democratic Senators, making it a key target for Democrats this November, but until recently it was considered "unlikely" that Bullock would run. Last month establishment titans Barack Obama and Charles Schumer met with the Governor to try and change his mind, and now the party is expected to clear the field for him in the primary. — Jaime Weinman | 
