Obama, 60 minutes and the "mystery Republican"

Mr. Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that there would be at least one Republican in his cabinet; he would not say when he might announce his first cabinet nominations, except to say “soon.”

The above comment came today in the New York Times on the Day when Senator John McCain met with President-elect Obama in Chicago. Clearly there would be no job offer for the former competitor for the White House. However, who is the mystery Republican ?

It could be suggested that the two most obvious choices are either Colin Powell (Secretary for Defense ?) or Arnold Schwarzenegger (Governor of California).

The former (along with rumoured Secretary of State candidate Hilary Clinton) would transform the face of the US overseas overnight given their near universal name recognition.

More interestingly, what for Governor Schwarznegger ? He cannot run for President or Vice-President by virtue of being born abroad. His term of office in California is set to end on January 3rd, 2011.

Without US law being re-written (and why would the Democrats seek to aid a potential rival in the 2012 election ?) where can he go ? I would very much like to see a Senator Schwarzenegger or perhaps even Secretary for Homeland Security or Defense - his movie reputation alone must surely be worth a US Navy Carrier Battle Group...

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