seeing that everyone will see this pop up on their “my comments” section lets start up this discussion!

Obama will need a COMPETENT and loyal team. Bush had loyalty but no competent people.

I think Hillary shoul get a Cabinet position — czar of Health Care. That has been her passion. I think she’ll work hard to prove herself.

John Edwards would make an excellent Attorney General. I think he is fair minded. He is independently wealthy so he wouldn’t be influened by unsavory and would stand up for the ‘little people’.

VP — I’m really liking Gov Bill Richardson. Maybe that’s how the west will be won!

Obama has indicated that like Abraham Lincoln he will cross the aisle to ensure that the greatest minds govern during his presidency.

So many positions to fill.

http://www.fantasycongress.com/

For Sec of State—either Biden or Richardson

Sec of Defense–Clark or Powell

sec of treasury–this one I am still not sure about

the rest i shall consider more then get back with you…..

added them in, see ? about viable replacement for Biden in Senate, ~Hans

Without doing the Electoral Map math yet, I personally feel we can not count on Ohio coming through for us. They have repeatedly gone Red the last couple of elections and I think, regardless of whether there is corruption in the “black box” voting, they will not go Blue, save an act of God and apparently God does not want it.

Reason: Ohio, as part of the Rustbelt states, a general decrease in manufacturing sector jobs & “brain drain” is losing more and more of their base, political aware population, otherwise known as Democrats & Independents, to westward migration. The population remaining, for reasons beyond my comprehension, votes based on “God & Guns” instead of “Food & Jobs”.

Solution: Search for western states west of the 100th meridian and in particular the inter-mountain states of Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona & Nevada. These are the states that are receiving a lot of the eastern “brain drain” and every year they get more purple. Also their % of Latino population increases as well.

I think announcing Gov. Richardson early as the intended Sec. of State, will allow him to start mobilizing the Latino vote in these states. Of course, other than the obvious draw of him being a Latino, I believe he can draw a large % of the socially conservative Latino vote that base a lot of their decisions on their Catholic faith.

Step two is finding a prominent & popular Democratic personality within the intermountain states that can galvanize the base in the states, plus with Richardson’s Latinos, then draw in Independent and moderate Republicans who are looking for fiscal responsibility and an end to the war.

Because the Mormon’s influence extends well outside the boarders of Utah into the neighboring states, I consider Rocky Anderson, Mayor SLC as a potential candidate based on his popularity and stance against the Occupation in Iraq.

Sen Orin Hatch (R) UT has been around a long time & been very influential for western states in total during both R & D fed administrations, and his time is limited. Utah & the surround states will be looking for someone to step up to maintain their presence in DC. This would be a great time to step up with a D to fill this looming void.

Potential: westerners love Sec of Interior posts.