Elect the Great in 2008?

How about 2012? Via Instapundit comes this piece by the great James Lileks. Money quote:

It's not the e-mail. It's not the blog. It's not the Web sites. It's the computers, and the people behind them, connected like never before. They won't control the buzz this year. But in 2008? Count on it.

We might be a wee bit early, but things change so fast in internet time.

Here's the original table of candidates one more time:

The 2008 (Party Name TBD) Ticket!

Position	Nominee(s)
President	Glenn Reynolds
Vice President	Rachel Lucas, Donald Sensing
Sec. of Agriculture	Adam H., Julie Neidlinger, Bobby A-G
Sec. of Interior	Say Uncle, Kevin Aylward
Sec. of Commerce	Jane Galt, Brink Lindsey
Attorney General	Eugene Volokh
Sec. of Defense WAR!	Donald Sensing, Kim du Toit, Emperor Misha I
Sec. of Labor	Mitch Berg
Sec. of Education	Connie du Toit, Joanne Jacobs, Thomas Sowell
Sec. of State	Steven Den Beste, Bill Whittle, Venomous Kate
Homeland Security	Kim du Toit, Emperor Misha I, Charles Johnson
Sec. Energy	Laurence Simon
Sec. of Transportation	James Lileks, Gary Leff, Patrick Crozier
Sec. of the Treasury	Mindles H. Dreck, Daniel W. Drezner
Sec. of Health & Human Svcs.	James Lileks, Sydney Smith
Sec. of HUD	Aaron the Liberal Slayer
Sec. of Veteran's Affairs	C. Dodd Harris IV
Sec. of EPA	(Probably not needed)
Director of OMB	Andrew Sullivan
Chief of Staff	Bill Whittle,
Press Secretary	Bill Quick, Scott Ott, Bill Hobbs, Ken Layne, Virginia Postrel
Director of the Office of Drug Policy	(Probably not needed)
U.S. Trade Representative	Robert Prather

Ambassadorial and Other Positions

Position	Nominee(s)
Amb. to (screw with) the UN	Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus
Amb. to France	Frank J., Sean Hackbarth
Amb. to Iran (after the revolution)	Pejman Yousefzadeh
Amb. to England	Andrew Ian Dodge
Amb. to Saudi Arabia	Charles Johnson
Amb. to Israel	Laurence Simon
Amb. to Germany (or Belgium - he's not picky)	Sean Hackbarth
Amb. to Cuba (after Castro kicks)	Steve H.
Amb. to Thailand	Kathy Kinsley
Head of CIA/NSA	Fred Pruit, Steven Den Beste
National Technology Advisor	Eric Raymond
Head of NASA (disassembly of)	Jay Manifold, Rand Simberg
Solicitor General	Pejman Yousefzadeh
Sec. of Defeated Former Enemies' Security	Jay Manifold
Campaign Chairman/Chief Fundraiser	Andrew Sullivan
Undersecretary of WAR!	Austin Bay, LT Smash
Chairman, Joint Chiefs	LT Smash
Whore Eager for Any Appointment	Matt Margolis, Michele Catalano, Tim the Michigander
Director of the BATF	Kim du Toit

Nominations are still open, people.

The Blogger Party primaries should be fascinating.