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Ron Paul for Treasury?

angusthermopylae : Motley Fool

Ok, I'm just blue-skying here, but "what if" Prez-Elect Obama were to ask Ron Paul to act as Treasury Secretary?

Some thoughts:

--He's a Republican.  Not only that, but he's a Republican primary candidate who the rest of the contenders basically hated, mostly for his repeated statements about where the economy was headed (which pretty much were dead on).  You've got a win-win for the Obama camp:  "Across the aisle" with a guy who's been beaten up by the rest of the Republican establishment.  Talking about having your cake and eating it too:  Obama would be able to use the terms "Uniter" without becoming a caricature while lobbing a grenade into the middle of the RNC.

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