Obama and McCain...

I don't make lots of predictions, but I'd like to take a chance on this one. Sen. John McCain is expected to meet with the President-Elect on Monday. I believe President-Elect Obama will put Sen. John McCain in some sort of leadership position with regard to Immigration. I believe he wants to move quickly to find ways to work with his former opponents where possible. Sen. McCain is obviously his biggest opponent, but also a man he can work with. Sen. Hillary Clinton would be his 2nd biggest opponent. She has already been mentioned as a potential Secretary of State. If you think about it, if he brings the logical opponents into his administration, it makes arguments against whatever he proposes harder to make. Working with McCain will help Obama get things passed that he otherwise might have a tough time on. Immigration would be a logical place for Obama to work with McCain. The two men see pretty much eye-to-eye on that issue. Quite frankly, if anyone was voting for or against either candidate in the general election due to immigration, I have no idea who that vote would have been cast for. The 2 candidates have very similar positions on immigration. This would be a way for Obama to score a quick victory. It would also almost surely solidify the hispanic vote for Democrats in the near future. If the plan led to eventual citizenship for illegal aliens, then the plan could also bring on voters who can't even legally be in the country under current laws. That would be a win-win for Obama. That's my prediction. As far as domestic policy, Obama pointed out McCain's shortcomings during the campaign. When it comes to foreign policy, the 2 also seem to have major differences. However, immigration is the logical issue with which the 2 men could work together. Considering the fact that the President-Elect has fewer than 70 days left before taking the oath, he wouldn't be meeting with McCain if he didn't have a specific plan in mind ahead of time. I doubt a cabinet position would be part of this. It seems more logical that he might tap McCain as the head or co-head with a Democrat of an immigration "task force." That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Raymond
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