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I agree "GeorgeO", it is an interesting thought: actually my nephew has been calling for this same thing now for some time.

Powell is certainly not part of the "maggot-encrusted-GWB crew", and he has enormous world-wide diplomatic & no-nonesense military experience. I would be pleased to see Powell on the ticket: I would have thought even more of Powell if he had spoken out before Iraq, but he did not & he is still a highly qualified & honorable man in my view.

In fact I believe this is an important enough decision for the American People that both candidates for president should introduce the major players of their entire administration well before election Tuesday in November; that way we would have a peek at what kind of judgement they had & we could make informed decisions about who we were hiring as president.

I also think that it is time that we accept that the VP can properly have a vital & critical role in Executive functions. (Cheney is a terrible example, but this administration was almost a co-presidency: and I think that the disgust that goes rightly with Cheney, is do to Cheney's evil & dishonest nature, not the concept of an assistant president.) ....pjwky