It's stunning the twists and turns Campaign 08 has taken from the historic figures on the tickets to the ever changing issues defining the election. Surprisingly, domestic security and the "war on terror" probably are not the issues that will propel Obama or McCain to the White House. It could be this confusing mess in which the executive branch wants the authority to spend $700 billion or more buying securities no one else will.
The candidate that can instill the most confidence in how the plan will be administered next year will be the next POTUS. And how do they do that? If I were Obama I would think about securing my Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Federal Reserve now, not after the election. It may be these same two guys, but they are getting beaten up awefully bad this week. I'm told Alan Greenspan is not healthy enough to come out of retirement and he's arguably linked to the early 1990's deregulation that caused the crisis we're facing now. (Greenspan was wrong? The Maestro?) I'm just suggesting credible picks for those spots now might make the candidate appear ready to lead. Would Warren Buffet serve the nation, even though he just took a huge stake in Goldman? What about that Mad Money Guy? Or...Barack could make a Palin play and get Maria Bartiromo (c'mon, she minored in Economics at NYU and she can see Wall Street from her house). I don't know, but the candidate that can explain it to me and seems to have the plan and the resources to get this thing under control gets my vote.
