One thing that strikes me about the '08 campaign is the quality of all the candidates, both Republican and Democrat. I find something to like about each one of them, even Hillary Clinton.
It's a pity that our political system is a winner-take-all deal. The losers are forced, not into the backgroud, but off the political map altogether. Al Gore had to make a movie, for God's sake, to get any attention.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if, somehow, we just elected them all to the presidency?
It would be a rather full Oval Office, to be sure. Maybe they could install cubicles. It would help give them a feeling for how the rest of America works.
If the Supreme Court can work as a group to reason through conflicts of opinion, why couldn't these people? I think they're all smart enough.
TV is all about so-called "reality shows" these days. Let's broadcast live from the White House every day. Let's see Hillary and Rudy scream at each other, and have Obama play peacemaker. Off in the corner, McCain and Huck would sip coffee and write campaign finance legislation. John Edwards could be seen charming the secretaries and chatting with foreign dignataries.
Things might get accomplished as a result.
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