No problem, we seem to work overtime to keep the people happily ignorant about our government, otherwise in re Bush v. Gore would have set off riots. Which it should have.
Hill has to (HAS TO) win Virginia this week, or she is toast. And I do not think she will. Her staff is in total confusion, money is hard to come by, and Virginia has lots of African-Americans who are about to make the Old South remember why they had Jim Crow laws in the first place.
She will not (NO NO NEVER NEVER) take the Veep slot.
So, Obama should put together the team right away, and run as a team. I don't think he needs a Southerner - the AA vote will carry the Solid South. He needs someone who has foreign policy/military experience, and that should be General Westley Clark. That would be a hard ticket to beat. It might be possible to convince Hill to be Sec of State (the most powerful job in the government these days - and one with real power) but I doubt it. I would be nice however, but if that is not possible, so (I know your going to think I'm smoking that ganga but I'm not) I would try to get Arnold for the job. He has proven himself a capable administrator and negotioter (which no one thought he would be) Besides other world leaders would look puny next to him in the photos, and that's great PR. And, as a self-made millionare and an immigrent, he is great PR for the best of what America is. And his close ties with the Kennedy family would not hurt. Besides he does speak a foreign language, and that might be nice for a change in a Sec of State. James Webb as Sec of Defense. A decorated war hero, member of the Senate, and one of the few people who actually had a son serve in country. Put Dennis K in charge of the Health Care reform, give Bill Richardson the job of Homeland Security, which is INS, might be nice to have someone who speaks Spanish work on that problem.
The two most important jobs after State and Defense are Attoney General and EPA, because these people need to be brought to justice, both domestically and internationaly, if we are to regain our credibility in the world, John Edwards, or Jerry Brown. Edwards would be best, Brown could head up the Labor Department in that case, a win-win for all of us.
And, give Al Gore the EPA, and let him loose. He would do it. He could repair the damage that Bush has done. And all of our lives, and the lives of our children and grandchildren would be better for it.
Make Barbra Boxer - a more liberal and compassionate woman in our government is hard to find - head of HHS.
So, you have to toss a bone to the Clintons. And here it is - other than Hill running the State Department. First, how do you shut bill TFU? Appoint him to the Supreme Court. Its been done before (William Howard Taft) and by tradition SC members don't make public speeches. He would be happy, and I think, an awesome judge. Well versed in Constitutional law, and a compassionate person, a great mind, and a good writer, why not?
And here is the kicker. I would appoint Chelsea Ambassador to the UN. It would give her experience in foreign policy, she is articulate, unflappable, and poised. Not to mention, and honors graduate from Stanford, so she is no dummy. And it would be good to have a young female as our public face to the world. And, she is going to be the first female president, might as well start her on that road.
OK, now I am going to smoke ganga. That would be too awesome to ever happen.
