Apparently, Sen. Barack Obama has already assumed that he will defeat Sen. John McCain in the November presidential election. So instead of campaigning, he has directed his aides to begin planning for the transition team for the White House.

The Atlantic Monthly quotes a senior Obama campaign adviser as saying, “Barack is well aware of the complexity and the organizational challenge involved in the transition process and he has tasked a small group to begin thinking through the process. Barack has made his expectations clear about what he wants from such a process, ho he wants it to move forward, and the establishment and execution of his timeline is proceeding apace.”

Last month, according to the Post’s Shalaigh Murray, campaign advisers were sounding out John Podesta, a former White House chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton and currently the president of the Center for American Progress, for advice.

An aide revealed that Podesta may likely head the transition team, which would take over from the campaign if Obama wins in November, and would be expected to ensure a smooth handover of power.

As reported by the Atlantic, “new presidents have only three months to complete a Herculean remakikng of the equivalent of ten of the world’s biggest companies. Most presidential candidates don’t spend precious campaign time thinking about (what) to do, so the questions come fast and furious: how do you turn your ideas into policy? What do you do first? … What will your first 100 days look like? …”

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