Sheila Bair -- chair of the FDIC, she has been a proponent of greater regulation. She has supported direct assistance to distressed homeowners and is a believer of recovery from the bottom up.
Meredith Whitney -- managing director of Oppenheimer & Co., she correctly predicted much of the current financial mess that faces the country and world.
Commerce Secretary
Federico Pena -- former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy during Clinton administration. An early supporter of Obama and one of his Latino co-chairs.
Penny Pritzker -- business executive, Obama fundraiser.
Health and Human Services Secretary
Dr. Howard Dean -- a medical doctor and current head of the Democratic Party. Dean reportedly is interested in the position.
Sen. Hillary Clinton -- a bit unlikely, but she would not be a bad choice.
Sen. Daniel Akaka -- defender of Medicaid access, Akaka might benefit from coming from Obama's homestate of Hawai'i.
