Basically the Campaign should vet candidates for the cabinet jobs and announce them one by one leading up to Election day. This serves several purposes. First, it allows for maximum press coverage in the election leadup. Second, people who are supporters of those chosen will gravitate toward Obama, especially if the cabinet is bipartisan, then conservative independants may gravitate toward Obama as well. It also allows voters to vote for a team full of people, so they really know what an Obama white house will look like. One problem might be the various scandals that might dog various Obama cabinet choices that hurt his judgement image. However, those scandals will get out eventually, and the campaign should wiegh when they would prefer them before or after november. Basically the vetting process for these candidates should be done very carefully. Its one thng to vote for Obama-Biden or McCain-Palin, it might be a whole other thing to vote for something like an Obama-Biden-Dodd-Clinton-Edwards-Wesley etc etc etc VS McCain-Palin. A democratic/liberal republican scandal free superteam VS an elderly war hero and scandal embattled Governor of Alaska may prove to be a useful campaign policy.
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it'd be nice
glimpse 10 weeks 2 days 13 hours 14 min ago
if he can successfully vet folx in time, that'd be great. no quick impulsive picks like palin though. i'd want each person he announces to be fully vetted.
i'd love to know who'd he chose and vote for the team! exciting!
I agree, the idea of
MaximusDemocracy 11 weeks 2 days 11 hours 55 min ago
I agree, the idea of presenting the cabinet definitely does supply the maximum media coverage. But you can't guarantee that it will all be positive. It would have to be delivered flawlessly, and seeing how no single person is flawless, to hand the media a group of people to associate so closely with Barack before the election is like ASKING them to find something to bring it all down. Good idea, but perhaps too risky. Maybe they could do something like this, but not quite as heavy as announcing every single person on the cabinet?
another interesting benefit
JohnM 11 weeks 2 days 12 hours 4 sec ago
True, though with Clinton, she has been vetted by the media for years and would continue the unification process nicely. Also, another benefit is that each "hometown hero" politician might bring a lot of support from their home state, such as Mark Warner from VA, though i think hes running for the soon to be open John Warner's senate seat.
Nice idea but
jerodast 11 weeks 2 days 12 hours 29 min ago
Bringing so many people on board is a huuge risk, exposure wise. It would be nice if you could vet everyone perfectly, but you can't. Dealing with issues that come up with cabinet members, especially minor ones, isn't that big a deal once the administration has begun (yes, some commotion in the press for a few weeks, but it fades away and has little long lasting impact), but before November, a little slipup could completely break the election.