Obama should go ahead and announce what Senator Clinton's role will be in his administration. Will she direct his healthcare initiative? Serve as Secretary of State?
This would be a crucial moment to pledge to use Senator Clinton's undeniable talents and bring some disgruntled Clinton holdouts into the fold.
Read more »Who better to lead our Energy revolution than Al. If not available, then there must be a protege who could take the lead. Also, spin off the National Nuclear Security Administration to report directly to the President who can be directly involved in his long term goal of Nuclear Weapons elimination.
Read more »All of the qualities that Richardson touted as making him qualified to be president also clearly make him over qualified to be Secretary of State. He was ambassador to the UN. He negotiated for and got hostages from Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il.
Read more »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.
Read more »One of the great things about PBS's Convention coverage was hearing from Jimmy Carter, Fritz Mondale, as well as the speeches of Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy. The President could establish a practice of inviting former Presidents and other retired pols in for coffee... affirming that all the best ideas won't necessarily come from the youngest folks.
Read more »This speaks to the issue of transparency. Think about announcing the names that will be submitted to Congress to be confirmed as Cabinet members. That gives the voter a full and clear picture of the team that we're electingl.
Read more »Barack Obama needs to have an amazing administration when he becomes president. To do this, he must make the Governer of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, his Secretary of State. Richardson has had a ton of experience with foreign policy, and probably had the best resume on paper of the people who ran for the Democratic Presidential Nominee spot.
Read more »Obama should really focus on experience of Sarah Palin, seeing that she has been the governor of Alaska for 20 months. I live in a county that has more people in it than Alaska. Sarah Palin also has been overseas twice. Obama could even run an ad campaign that was talking about how some Mayors or county executives have more experience than Palin, so why aren't they running to be a VP.
Read more »Consider ad hoc roles for prominent and talented administrators or pols as special envoys representing the President... Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush, Sen Hilary Clinton, [John Edwards]...
Read more »Hillary can be more effective as a Senator than as a Cabinet member. She is capable of being a leader in the Senate -- where leadership is sorely needed -- given the strength of her campaign and the favor she's gaining by her positive role in the current election. She can be an adviser without being a member of the Cabinet.
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