It looks like Jim Hunt convinced our panel that he doesn't want to move to Washington, because he's back in a distant second place behind Chicago schools superintendent (and FOBO*) Arne Duncan. But the word on the street is that this is an old-fashioned head-fake, and that Hunt and his associates are campaigning hard for the job.
Meanwhile, it looks like Joel Klein's star is falling. And notice the growing number of women and minorities making the list. Conventional wisdom is that President-Elect Obama might name white men to a few of the big cabinet jobs, which means he'll need women, African-Americans, and Latinos to balance his team's diversity.
Other folks mentioned today include Peter McWalters, Caroline Kennedy, Jon Schnur, Erskine Bowles, and Susan Castillo.
* Friend of Barack Obama
