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Here's how the Democratic Party can instantly make John McCain the B story this week and for the days to come, even though he has clinched the Republican nomination.

Obama and Clinton team up today and immediately announce that the race is over. One of them is going to be the Presidential nominee and one of them is going to be the Vice Presidential nominee. It's a done deal, and they're running together.

Can you imagine how Earth-shattering this announcement would be? Every single farmer, accountant, lawyer, barista, student, fisherman, computer salesman, factory worker, pundit, politician, and porn star would be talking about it all day long. MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News wouldn't even bother to cover McCain's visit to the White House with anything more than just a cut in while talking about the stunning Obama/Clinton news (OK, maybe Fox would). While Chris Matthews and Paul Begala and Brit Hume and everyone else tries to figure out what Obama and Clinton are going to do, blindside them with the most stunning announcement in modern politics. It will reset the race, and McCain will never see it coming.

It's common wisdom that if this Democratic primary season goes all the way to June, McCain gets a big boost because he's the Republican nominee and can actually run for President instead of having to spend time campaigning against Mike Huckabee (sorry Ron Paul, I keep forgetting). While Obama and Clinton are tearing into each other with speeches and ads and strategic leaks (and giving McCain endless ammo to use against whoever the Democratic nominee is this fall), McCain can get his party behind him, get endorsement after endorsement, and really make the Democrats look like they don't know who they want to see run against him in November.

Of course, this will never happen. Stuff like this only happens in movies and on television. It's too West Wing. Or, more accurately, it's too Falcon Crest. But that's the best part: they *can* do it on television. Make it a spectacle. Do it in prime time. Oh, wait, American Idol is on Wednesday. Maybe they can do it before Idol. If they can't get all of the networks to cover it (of course they would, this would be the biggest news of the past ten Presidential elections), then I'm sure Oprah would bump Halle Berry for a day.

Of course, this could all be just a fever-induced, crazy idea. Did I tell you I finally got that thing that's been going around?