Figures. The idiot with no experience gets elected by the nitwits and druggies of America and then he has to call in the MAN WHO SHOULD BE PRESIDENT (McCain) to tell him what he should do.

All we have is the same empty suit in the White House that was on the campaign trail. All all the fools in America are to thank for this.

If I were McCain, I'd tell Mr. BHO to figure out how to solve all his problems as President by himself. He made the promises during the campaign, so let him put his so-called promises to work. Obama is SO dumb he needs to surround himself with all the experts in every field. He's nothing but an empty icon who made history. And that's probably all he'll ever make.

Typical of Obama. Reach out to the smart people for advice and then take the credit for himself.

Note to Hillary: Don't lower yourself by accepting the Sec'y of State position.

The statement in the second to last paragraph of the article says it all:

"But his move is also based on self-interest."

No kidding? Of course, the junior jerk from Illinois is going to cover his a$$ by letting the experienced, knowledgeable people tell him how to go about being President.

How many more days until the 2012 election? Think America will still be voting or will we be under the dictatorship by then?

"...he has to call in the MAN WHO SHOULD BE PRESIDENT (McCain)..."

Glad you filled in the blank for us, Theologicalones. I thought you meant Ron Paul.

And "should be" except, I suppose, for that pesky thing we call an election?

Funny. All you who are bitter about Obama being President know now how I felt 4 years ago and 8 years ago. George W. Bush was a little different though. He didn't need Clinton's advice, he didn't need ANYBODY's advice, he knew it all.

And look where it got us. It will take a lot of work and cooperation to help heal this nation after 8 years of total neglect.

Congrats Pres. Obama. How delightful to have a true intellectual as president. Reaching out to Mr. McCain after the slimey campaign he ran proves you are a true gentleman as well.

Totally fine with me if President-elect Obama involves John McCain in the future. But the second that Mr Obama extends any reconciliation toward Caribou Barbie, he runs a serious risk of losing my support.

Republicans are a national laughing stock. Conservatism has died a violent death and been repudiated at the polls. Right-wing haters are going to have a long eight years out in the political wilderness.

Elections have consequences.

Thought I was in Faux News blog at first. No president 'knows it all' and as such can best be judged by the quality of their chosen advisors.
Those that pick lackeys and sycophants looking for agreement rather than widening discussion get narrow focused unimaginative results. Those that seek broad input from all sources have a much better chance of 'fair and balanced' decisions, provided that they can make contentious decisions at the end of the day. This seems to be Obama's pattern; let's see if it holds true.

Wow, you folks are hilarious. So he's an empty suit AND a dictator? Fascinating. You all might want to get your delusion straight before posting.

He calls in McCain and everyone whines that he needs the old man's help. If he doesn't call in McCain the same people would cry that he's going back on his word. He's being bipartisan you morons, just like he said he'd be, unlike Bush who just brought in a gang of Texan idiots when his regime began. Obviously none of you have heard the word 'bipartisan' before -- might want to look it up.

Yes, Obama & McCain could very well be valuable allies. In fact Republicans & Democrats have always been extremely valuable allies against the "American People".

The commenters on this blog that try to belittle the President-Elect of our nation nust not like McCain much. If you don't want him to work with the next president out of spite you don't know John McCain. He puts his country first and will work with and respect our next president. I can accept that and appreciate that they are working to get our economy moving again and solve some of the big issues without the hyper-partisanship. Republicans must find an alternate path to victory than hyperpartisanship. Democrats will win that battle for the forseeable future.

What happened to change! Democrats AND Republicans are sick, sick, sick of the elite, incompetent Washington bureaucrats running our government and seems no matter who we elect, all we get is a recycled government with a new figurehead! Surely there are some real experts out there to choose from for a new cabinet without recycling all the Clinton & Bush people – those who are responsible for the mess our country is in now. Why should anyone think they'll be able to fix what they broke? Come on, Obama, let's have some real change; get rid of the entrenched bureaucracy of both stripes. We need new people with new ideas, not a rehash of the past failed administrations.

I love how people are trying to insult Obama for surrounding himself with "experienced, knowledgeable, smart experts in every field" (just looking at the comments so far). You people are really reaching on that one.

Boy, are those grapes ever sour (puckering)

losers! say it one more time, President Barak Obama

Wow - all I can say is "wow" about some of you who evidently learned nothing from this election and prefer to stew in your own cesspools this morning.

Have any of you seen what is happening on Wall Street? Or at your corner bank? There's fire there, and at the manufacturing plants, and just about everywhere else.

Obama ran on a platform of change, and it seems to me that reaching out to McCain and his political bloc is about as changeful as you can get. The country spoke, and opted for this change.

We have a surplus of doo-doo in the news right now, and it's going to take a concerted effort on both sides to set things right. Not only is the country watching, but the whole world. America is still the de facto leader of the free world, and petty partisan politics have no place.

Looks like a bunch of simpletons found a keyboard this morning. Unlike bush who surrounded himself w/local yokels from Texas P.E. Obama is looking for the best and the brightest to offer a confluence of ideas, opinions and theorems, to finally make government work for the people and just to function at all which it has not in 8 yrs. w/all the lies, deceit and misconduct in the currant admin. I really wonder about the reasoning behind the thinking I've read here today!