While the conventional meaning of a coalition government is a joining of representatives from different  political parties, perhaps a coalition government made up of the major contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination is the way to go should the Democrats win the White House in November?

This has been such an unusual, historic and polarizing campaign, uniting the party and the government may mean giving key positions in an Obama administration to all those who ran against him…as well as those political figures who endorsed him over Hillary Clinton?

While some argue that Clinton would best serve Obama as Senate majority leader, vice-president is a much better and far more healing position for her.

Top cabinet positions would need to be found for John Edwards and Bill Richardson, to name but a few.

Obama, if elected, will need all the help he can get, even if it means having to employ those who opposed him .

A willingness to do that would go a long way toward helping establish a President Obama as a truly different politician committed to “change.”