Joe Biden: Father Figure

#268: Could Biden Still Win It?
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In May of last year I suggested that Biden had the opportunity to go down in history as a hero.  All he had to do was form a team to contest the Democratic nomination, and personally step aside from the action.  This would've been a George Washington thing to do (country over personal power).

Now that events have unfolded as they have, here's a return to that idea, but with Biden still in the mix:

Rather than appoint as many candidates as possible to cabinet posts, as I suggested last year, Biden could ask the remaining major candidates to participate, plus make a few additional offers (for diversity's sake), so:
  * President: Joe Biden
  * Vice President: Amy Klobuchar
  * Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton
  * Treasury Secretary (while remaining Senator): Elizabeth Warren
  * Energy Secretary (and Climate Czar): Mike Bloomberg
  * Small Business Administration: Andrew Yang
  * Housing/Urban Development: Pete Buttigieg
  * Attorney General: Kamala Harris
  * UN Ambassador: Julian Castro
  * Veterans Affairs: Tulsi Gabbard (inside, rather than outside tent)

All the above active candidates, except Biden, proceed to "suspend" their primary election candidacies.  This would make Team Biden quite competitive.  For example, taking the preliminary results in Nevada, this would give Team Biden 56%, to Bernie's 33%, before reallocation.

Plus, additional appointees, especially people of color, could be contacted, and if willing, added during the primary season to further momentum.

Suddenly, the race is Team Biden's to lose, and with a diverse, inclusive field behind him, and a likely majority of delegates, the Bernie Bros would find it difficult to gripe.

And in the general election the Biden-Klobuchar team would be a natural to embrace the states needed to win: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.