Obama, McCain to meet Monday

[MiaCulpa]

Source: Raw Story

President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet with his former rival Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Monday, the transition team announced.

Obama-Biden transition spokesperson Stephanie Cutter released the following statement on a planned meeting between President-elect Obama and Senator McCain Monday.

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This ought to be interesting.


-Diane

[onehandle]

1. McCain in the cabinet?

DUers go boom.

[Phred42]

7. Please....NO!

That would be way to stupid

[9119495]

14. Ummm...no. We would pick up his senate seat and possibly hold

it for decades. Arizona is changing.

[yellowcanine]

16. Not sure about that. Some states require an appointment be someone from the same party.

[rdmtimp]

26. AZ does. nt

[bigworld]

2. Appoint him to something

He should be appointed as Veterans' Affairs director or something. It would be gracious, symbolic, and McCain couldn't refuse.

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, as they say.

[mac56]

3. Better to have them inside the tent pissing out

than outside the tent pissing in.

[Phred42]

9. nonsense

[peace13]

4. Veterans?

He voted against Vets 17/20 times. They really deserve better. Please try again!

[Phred42]

8. Exactly - they deserve MUCH better!

[apnu]

5. I don't see McCain as an "enemy" ...

... more like a undisciplined, whipped (by Bushco) and confused old man, who thinks he means well but really is out of touch with reality.

[Lochloosa]

6. Might as well appoint Palin then.

:crazy:

[onehandle]

11. Why not? She can be Obama's Monica.

Bad onehandle! Bad!

[qwlauren35]

22. That was truly disgusting.

Not funny, not even worthy of thought.

I don't know what got into you, but please vomit it out immediately.

:mad:

[Phred42]

10. What the HELL - Might as well put Palin in charge of the Office of Faith Based Initiatives

That will fix everything
:banghead:

[boomerbust]

12. Immigration

<<<

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Dem Governor.

:evilgrin:

[LiberalEsto]

15. Secretary of Depends

Hey, they need someone experienced running the Depends Department to prevent leaks.

[grannie4peace]

17. obama very, very smart

[HerbieHeadhunter]

18. Ambassador to Lichtenstein*

nm

[sandrakae]

19. WTF for?

[SlingBlade]

20. Then what ? Lieberman ?, Clinton ?, Palin ?, ....

How about Cindy S, It's not like she's a Republican.

I'm cool with a reach across the aisle, It's something Obama wants
but there's been tremendous damage done to our government institutions
which MUST be reversed.

These things should be priority, Not the hurt feelings of the Clinton's
Bush's, Lieberman's or other vanquished political enemies.

America First, Feelings second.

[bigworld]

21. No - this could be brilliant

You appointment McCain to the VA, he'll take it of course (how could he refuse given his "Country First" rhetoric?).

Then the Democratic Arizona governor gets to name the replacement. Voila. 60-seat D majority.

Then if McCain strays off the VA ranch, he's fired.

Win win all around.

[Duer 157099]

23. I agree, this could be a great strategic move

Any other R senators in similar situations, where the replacement process would almost certainly be with a Dem?

If so, Obama should give them ALL cabinet positions! Let's tie this thing up now while we can, and in the process, tie Lieberman's hands once and for all!

:thumbsup:

[rdmtimp]

25. Except AZ state law mandates that...

... the replacement senator be from the same party as the departing one.
Thus, if McCain leaves before his term is up (2010) Napolitano would have to appoint a Republican.

[Posteritatis]

24. Why is everyone assuming this means McCain's a cabinet pick? Oy. (nt)