Obama Proposes 'Team of Rivals' Cabinet

I like the idea of a president choosing a cabinet full of rivals. This forces people to work together and set aside petty personal differences. I think that it would at least be interesting to see exactly how it would all pan out. I think too that we might get some solid solutions to big issues in this country. Personally I’d like to see someone sort out the Boca Raton real estate issues here as well as real estate woes in the rest of the country.

I don’t care what Obama or any other candidate talks about right now, other than the countries dismal real estate market, particularly the Boca Raton real estate market. Does either candidate plan to address this and possible solutions in details? I doubt it, their much to busy bickering to care.

Now think about it people.....the "REAL" dream team, which would be completely unstoppable would be:

OBAMA / EDWARDS 2008 !!!

Wouldn't that be a great Move ?????

If Obama is stupid enough to add Hillary to his ticket, he deserves to loose. That woman and her husband are both greedy physcos and are only wanting back in the Whitehouse so they can sell us out some more and make up for all the money they have spent. Right when this all started, Bill just made a deal and sold our national defense contracts, our secrets, and our jobs to China! So much for looking out for our national Interest and looking out for those "Blue-collar" workers that are so readily to line up behind Hillary......what is wrong with these people ?????

Robert Gates for SecDef!

So refreshing to hear a candidate speak like this. After 8 years of lunacy, it's just nice to have the prospect of a smart person in the White House.

shewill,

Many of us remember the Clinton years, so we KNOW that they only fight for themselves, they fire staff and hire their family and friends, and they pardon criminals simply because they are friends, or because a friend asked them too...including 2 members of the Weather Underground that they tried to connect Obama with.

So, if anything I feel much more comfortable with a President Obama than I ever will with a President Clinton...and whatever causes you to believe that Obama would only fight for "not for a chosen few" can only be based on any assumptions and biases you've made, not an anything that proves this. Your response to him is nothing a huge case of xenophobia.

Yeah, ok, dude!

Something tells me Abe Lincoln is turning over in his grave as we speak, totally disgusted that the all time sham of a candidate considers him a hero.

Poor Abe.

I support Barack Obama because I believe he can deliver on his promises of change. Washington needs someone who can work across the aisle and get the right people involved... people who are willing to take a common sense approach on issues.

I was looking for some information on Obama a few days ago and I came across this piece which had a tidbit about him that surprised me. It kind of made him seem even more human to me. (We all have at some kind of weakness, right?)

http://www.informzoo.com/main/cat/14/111

Obama isn't afraid of working with people who disagree with him. I like that.

It's a very different way of doing things... compared to an executive who surrounds himself with yes-men, and who dismisses those that disagree with his pre-conceived notions.

Vicki, do you really think Reverend Wright will be an issue in light of McCain's recent pastor issues? And again I have to ask, do you think Hillary is more honest than Obama?

thepoliticalcat - One picture at a fund-raiser vs. 17 year relationship, $250,00 donations, buying lot next to house, getting funding for sub-par housing for REZKO stop being nonsensical.

One picture with Wright vs. 20 year reltionship, getting married by him, baptizing his children, "I can no more foresake Wright than I can my own grandmother" - wait, did he just say I'm a politician! "I forsake him".

Please, get serious.

For those questioning the distance between Springfield and Chicago:

Michelle and the girls stayed in Chicago. Obama was always home on the weekends - which I know from hearing Michelle say she insisted that he be. (Anybody wanna bet he defied her?) Same when he worked in Washington - she wanted him home as much as possible to help with the house and the girls.

Vicki, you haven't mentioned Bill and Hillary Clinton's ties to Rezko. I wonder why. Google it. There's plenty of photos of them together.

Oh, and Bill and Hillary invited Reverend Wright to the White House to counsel them after the Lewinsky affair became public.

And Bill issued an awful lot of pardons for some very dubious people, who then donated money to his and Hillary's campaigns. But you know that already, right?

@Vicki,

Are you suggesting that A) Hillary Clinton is the more honest of the two candidates and B) That Hillary has fewer "questionable" associations than Obama?

Don't think for a second that the Republicans aren't sitting on a mountain of ammunition in the unlikely event that she gets the nod. Believe me, there's a reason why Karl Rove is trying to convince Democrats that she's the better choice.

Gemma, Obama's complete record as an Illinois State Senator is a lie. The bills he takes credit for were based on the work of other state senators. Emil Jones (President of the IL State Senate) put Obama's name on those bills because he was being groomed for a US Senate seat. Obama's association with Rezko, Wright and Ayres indicates that he has very poor judgement. Associations do matter. These judgement issues will be attacked by the Republicans. Look at how poorly Obama has done in the primaries since the end of February. He lost Rhode Island, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky. He won in Vermont and North Carolina. He lost seven of nine primaries in the last two months. This is because the people started paying attention to who he was and what his politics are. If Obama is the nominee McCain will be the next President.

@ Mary, who said Obama will...

"...Consider Hamas and other terrorist groups as friends" and "has been buying the superdelegates and he is behind in popular votes."

First off, I would really like to see a link to anything that indicates Obama would consider Hamas and other terrorists to be friends. I think you just made that up.

Second, the only way Hillary is leading in the popular vote is if you discount the voices of hundreds of thousands of voters who participated in caucuses and who ventured out in the Michigan cold simply to vote AGAINST her. Since Hillary wants EVERY voice to be heard, I'm afraid the math doesn't add up... again.

You shouldn't believe everthing you hear from Hillary or read on the Internet. However, if someone from Nigeria sends you an email and says you can make a million dollars then, yes, it's true. Send them your bank account info.

If Obama taps Hillary for VP I would seriously fear for his safety :( I say Obama/Webb is the best way to go. Should definitely help with the "White Blue Collar" vote. Experience would be an issue but both of them make up for it with common sense and integrity. Webb is also coming off a big victory with his GI Bill. Plus they could make up for lack of experience with a stellar cabinet. How about Colin Powell for Secretary of State? Let him try it again, this time with an administration that has some integrity and will actually listen to him.

Every democrat candidate running for President has been respectful and decent except Hillary Clinton. Edwards, Obama, Dodd, Richardson, Biden, etc....all displayed respect for themselves and others.

Every person could have brought out a long laundry list of baggage associated with the Clintons, but never did that to her. However, she did not hesitate one second to demonize others with lies, engage in race baiting and changing the rules to maximize her chances.

As a woman, I supported and had high hopes for her, but selfish motives revealed multiple character issues that cannot be overlooked. She is not a team player, except with John McCain.

First he has to win the nomination. Then he has to have somebody on the ticket who will help, (not hinder,) him win the General Election.

Once he has won the presidency, he can appoint a cabinet of "the best and brightest" of his rivals. Just as Lincoln did.