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He is the author of three books: Essential American Government, Everything American Government, and President's Most Wanted. Nick is a regular contributor to the Fox News Channel and Fox Business, the PIX11 Morning Show, and has a weekly appearance on the popular Raph Bailey Radio Show.  He co-anchored PIX11's five-hour live inauguration coverage with Jim Watkins and Kaity Tong.

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Monday
Nov172008

Fox and Friends

I was on Fox & Friends this morning talking about the tradition of putting a member of the opposite party in the cabinet.

The news-hook was that that McCain and Obama are meeting today -- a somewhat unusual move for the victor and the vanquished.  There is speculation that Obama might offer McCain a cabinet post -- perhaps state, or defense, or homeland security.

It's an interesting idea.  Obama, after all, ran as the post-partisan candidate, while McCain is all about being Maverick-y, to quote Tina Fey.  Whether or not Obama offers him a cabinet post is a different story -- my guess is that it would be too unorthodox, even for them. 

But on some levels it would make sense for both:  It would show that Obama truly wants a "team of rivals" cabinet, the likes of which haven't been seen since Lincoln (can you Imagine Hillary as Secretary of State and McCain at Defense or Homeland Security?).  And for McCain, it would be a chance at redepmtion.  He didn't run the campaign he wanted to -- it was much more negative and partisan than he would have preferred -- and this would allow him to get back to being the popular maverick.

But don't look for it to happen.  I think it's simply too out of the box, even for McCain.

As for Republicans in the cabinet, my guess is that Obama will keep current Defense Secretary Rbert Gates in his post -- at least through the resolution of the Iraq war.  Democrats seem to think he's doing a good job, and maintaining the continuity would make sense.   But if he doesn't stick with Gates, then perhaps it will be Senator Chuck Hagel, the outspoken war critic, or Senator Richard Lugar, the former chairman of the Foreign Relations committee.

One thing is for certain: there will be a Republican in the cabinet.  Obama promised as much on 60 Minutes last night.

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