Biden’s FCC: Take a Number

As former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) continues to rise in the polls, DC handicappers are seriously pondering who might be tapped for Federal Communications Commission chair in a Biden administration. Candidate Biden has already signaled his FCC will be restoring network neutrality rules against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization, but since it is an independent agency, he will need to pick an FCC chief who “independently” shares that philosophy. Biden has already signaled his vice president will be a woman. Odds are good his FCC chair could be as well. Who's on the short list?

• Former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
• Current FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel 
• Current FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
• Comcast Senior Executive VP David Cohen
• Former top CBS/Viacom lobbyist John Orlando
• Former FCC staffer Gigi Sohn
• National Urban League’s Clint Odom
• Senate Commerce Committee Senior Counsel John Branscome
• Disney's Susan Fox
• Former head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration Larry Irving
• Former head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration Lawrence Strickling