Seriousness

I could get Obama elected in a landslide, folks. Hear me out, O.K.? First of all, he needs to announce his running mate, A.S.A.P.. And, yes, it needs to be somebody with gravitas. He then then needs to start dropping some serious names for his cabinet - especially in terms of his foreign-policy team. But, even more importantly, folks, he's got to continue his move to the center (not on every issue, mind you, but on enough of them to pilfer independents from McCain).......................................As for some specific choices, here's a sampling of individuals that I personally think would help him greatly; Jim Webb, Joe Biden, Sam Nunn, and Republicans Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar. These five people (white men, one and all - sorry!) could divvy up V.P., Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, U.N. Ambassador, and National Security Advisor. I mean, talk about an impressive foreign-policy team, huh?.......................................As for what to do with Hillary (boy, is she ever starting to look good in retrospect, huh?), you could always offer her the A.G. post. This, I'm saying, in that I've always heard that it was one of her dream jobs (being President, obviously numero uno). Not that she'd necessarily want to ever leave the Senate, of course - "it" being a pretty damn good job in its own right.