Senator McCain, you must find a way to remain in the forefront of the public consciousness, while Senators Obama and Clinton are busy trying to earn their party’s nomination and the press is fawning all over the Democratic Party race.

Why not hold a series of public, invitation only, forums on a number of the issues facing us today?  You should hold meetings with bipartisan experts from their respective fields on:

• Oil/Energy - what is the fastest and most effective way for this country to shed its oil addiction?
• Jobs/Trade - what is the fastest and most effective way to turn this country into a world trading juggernaut and bring manufacturing jobs back to America?
• Social Security - what is the most effective way for us to secure, preserve, and enhance social security to ensure that is meets the needs of current recipients, near recipients, and the young people paying into it today.
• Immigration - what do we do with the current population of illegal immigrants after the border is controlled?
• Education - do we really need the Department of Education at $60 Billion annually?  Don’t the states have qualified people to manage education, is there a redundancy?
• Health Care - can it be fixed so as to cover most everyone in an affordable and effective manner?
• Housing - what is the most effective way to stave off deflation of housing values?  Keep the housing values high and you will have a chance of getting out of this mortgage mess.

Broadcast these meetings on the internet.

Senator, no definitive results will come out of these meetings, yet

• you will have given yourself a template for action, if elected
• you will have demonstrated a clear desire to solve these problems, creating hope
• you will have kept your activities in the media, while polishing a domestic agenda image

How would your attempt to address these issues in a presidential manner, while your opponent is mired in a fight for the nomination be viewed?I hope someone in your campaign with a little forethought sees this message and conveys it to you.