Who Will be on Obama's Cabinet?

As of last week, speculations about possible Obama appointees to the President-Elect's Cabinet have begun to surface. Senator John Kerry, D-MA, has already shown interest in becoming the Secretary of State and has opted to leave his senatorial seat if Pres. Obama appoints him. Reports have also stated that Obama and his campaign advisors are scheduled to meet with a 17-member board of Economics to develop the President's new fiscal policies. Some surprise possible members would make Obama's Cabinet a bipartisan group, including Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-NE, as Secretary of Defense and Sheila Blair, Republican head of FDIC, as Secretary of the Treasury. There has also been some estimating of a soon to be open Supreme Court seat, with some buzz around a possible appointment of Cass Sunstein, constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago, or possibly Hillary Clinton.
Who would you put in Obama's Cabinet? What positions will be the most vital for a successful term for Obama?

What could McCain have done better?

As votes are finalized today, it seems the margain of President Elect Barack Obama's victory is growing. Winning important swing states early on, including Pennsylvania and Ohio, it seems Obama's campaign was nearly flawless. What was the biggest problem with the McCain-Palin campaign? Was the "maverick" Republican too moderate for staunch or more traditional Republicans across the map? Would any of the other early contenders for the Republican nomination given Obama a better run for the title?

"This is your Victory"

Last night, Senator Barack Obama was elected as our next president with 338 electoral votes compared to Senator John McCain's 163. He spoke last night at Grant Park in his hometown of Chicago and addressed the nation for the first time as President Elect.

Riding a Democratic tide that bolstered the party's presence in both houses of Congress, Obama snared about 62.5 million votes to McCain's 55.5 million, according to totals early Wednesday. According to exit polls, Obama crushed McCain among women voters (56 percent to 43 percent); voters under 30 (66 percent to 32 percent); African-American voters (95 percent to 4 percent); Latino voters (66 percent to 32 percent); first-time voters (68 percent to 31 percent); and voters making less than $100,000 a year (55 percent to 43 percent). As he claimed victory Tuesday night, Obama told supporters, "change has come to America. The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you -- we as a people will get there," Obama said in Chicago before an estimated crowd of up to 240,000 people.

With Obama's win, he becomes the first African-American to win the White House.