I am a big fan of Democracy except when my side doesn't win.  I don't know what I'm in favor of this morning, but other than a different headline than I expected, the world is still sort of skating along in its path from a few days ago.  Barack has a mandate, a momentum, and a movement that he can harness to bring about some real change.  Since he can't focus on everything, here are my top agenda items:

1. The Economy- Get the bonuses stopped on Wall Street now.  I don't care if it was in their original plan, it smells bad, looks bad, and sets a bad example for people who actually want to be rewarded on results.  Stop cutting the interest rate.  People are not going to spend unless they are sure they can keep their house, job, and seat at Rotary.  Keep Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury.  You want a deal maker in that job and not a theoretical pundit.  The digital nature of cash and its velocity demands a 21st Century understanding of markets and momentum.  Do not bail out the Auto Industry- These guys have had more help than the people on Ty Pennington's show.  Let them fail.  We will be better and they will be better.  If you don't, Michigan becomes the new Darfur.  Make Michael Moore a tribal leader up there.

2. HEALTH CARE- Let WalMart handle primary care. Give them and their customers tax breaks for going there.  Make the pharmaceutical companies set aside 10% of their profits to create an uninsured fund.  Penalize behavior related illnesses: Increase the premium on people who smoke, drink, and eat Twinkies excessively.  We know what these substances do.  Why are we subsidizing their bad choices.

3. THE MIDDLE EAST- Get these guys at one big table in Switizerland and paint a picture of what the world looks like if they get along and one if they don't.  Shoot the first one that moves toward the exit-they've begun to think and that makes them dangerous.  Tell Israel to do what it needs to do to protect its nation and people and we will back them up if it isn't too outrageous.  Bombing nuclear plants of your enemies is not outrageous.  Bombing a Neiman Marcus in Jerusalem Town Mall is quite different.  Go along and get along-new foreign policy.  Here's a postscript to the rest of the world including Putin and his tiny Premier Friend:  Point a missile at the US and we'll point twelve at you and fire them before you can say Gulag.

4. IRAN- Just shoot the little guy running it.  He's a puppet anyway and if you shoot him you'll flush the others out.  He has bad hair, wardrobe, and a totally screwed up outlook on the world.

5. HOUSING- Let people stay in their homes.  You've already insualted their losses and protected their balance sheets.  Three million people IN their homes is better than three million on the street.  Give them all 720 credit scores and double, triple, dare the banks to decline them for new credit.

I know I only said "Five things" in the title but I just thought of another one:  Make Michelle the new Condi Rice (only a better one).  Michelle understands that in Islamic Countries, women are the new blacks.   The Islamic Women are where African Americans were in 1877 without the promise of emancipation.  Michelle is smart, tough, articulate, and not afraid of mixing it up with a couple of "Harum Scarum" guys.  She scares me and I'm not afraid of much at all.  I'd give her what she wanted just on hearing that she wanted something.

Put Oprah in your cabinet somewhere.  Even if she's only a director on the Barack Obama Show, she's got huge influence, power, and affluence over the people who elected you.  Make her your next campaign director.

OK.  I think that's all you need to do to get off to a good start.  Call me if I can help.

By the way..Congratulations on that Presidential Campaign thing you just pulled off.