Now that Rahm is in IL and Nancy is out of power. Time for the President

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16. By 2016

I suspect that by 2016 economic affairs will go back to their more "normal" place in politics. There are few positions in a cabinet that position a person well for a presidential run. Off the top of my head I'd say, in no particular order:

State, defense, VP, CJCS, and UN amb. Stick someone in there with gubernatorial or senate experience and you've got a good launching point. They predominately create the "aura" of being "presidential". The end of an administration often is heavy in foreign policy because of the "lame duck" problem. And about that time, if we're basically "out" of Afghanistan, they'll have Iran, Syria, Israel, Arab Spring, and N. Korea still brewing. "Good stuff" for someone to appear presidential. Timing will be the largest problem because campaigns are 2 years long these days and someone in this post would prefer to wait until the fall of 2015 to get started.