1) Hillary would follow the women on money trend and be on the next failed attempt at a dollar coin.
I think boot Washington from the dollar instead of the quarter.

2) Hillary should be represented by three balls (maybe bowling, maybe otherwise).

McCain: Yosemite Sam.

Hillery: Leona Helmsley

Obama: Lancelot

McCain should be a saber, perhaps rattling around in a scabbard for the first few months, until he has the chance to give free reign to his more bellicose inclinations. A cup of coffee's not bad for Obama, but I rather think a latte would be more apropos. Hillary's tough - perhaps a nail would work.

And I agree with the commenter who suggested that Hillary would belong on the dollar coin, which is likely to become a practical unit of currency some day. I like the notion that Obama might replace Jefferson on the nickel - there'd be something fitting about that succession, from idealistic slaveholder to equally idealistic black president. And since Jefferson would still have his place on the two dollar bill - yes, it's still being printed - his partisans might be willing to let it happen.

A dagger, an olive branch, dentures.

1) Either Barack Obama's or Hillary Clinton's presidency would represent a historic first. As such, the odds are pretty good that either would end up on the money. Which denominations of bills/coins should each one get?

Either one will wait until Reagan shows up first.

And he's not showing up because there is no place to put him!

We could go back to the larger bills (>$100):

* The $500 bill featured a portrait of William McKinley
* The $1,000 bill featured a portrait of Grover Cleveland
* The $5,000 bill featured a portrait of James Madison
* The $10,000 bill featured a portrait of Salmon P. Chase
* The $100,000 bill featured a portrait of Woodrow Wilson

None of these are made today, so if you were to make them again (unlikely), the pictures could be up for grabs. But I bet you see Reagan first. (FDR is the only other "modern" president worthy of money, but he has the dime. JFK on the 1/2 dollar is for show as no one really uses 1/2 dollars.)

And remember, you have to be dead first.

Hillary should be a long-nosed pinocchio,
Obama should be a wise, elitist owl,
McCain should be a bumper car, but that's too big and complicated. And a pinball wouldn't register as a pinball.

Hillary definitely belongs on the $3 bill.

For Gary Trudeau:

McCain: A box of Depends

Clinton: A lie detector machine

Obama: A lapel pin

Money?!?

If Obama becomes President, he should be added to Mount Rushmore.

For Doonesbury:

McCain: symbols of temper tantrums, e.g. steam and smoke coming out of ears and head.

Hillary: either a duck-hunters' cap, a sniper rifle or a shot-glass, perhaps all three. (Although a mushroom cloud, presumably generated by obliterating Iran, might also be appropriate.)

Obama: a stylized parchment representing the Constitution.

Re the cup of latte idea for Obama: Is he a coffee drinker? After all, he refused coffee for orange juice, thus apparently sealing his defeat in Pennsylvania.

Heard a young fella recently, after watching his dad stumble on a memory, describe it as "A McCain moment."

Not senior moement, but "a McCain moment"

"McCain moment" as a coined-phrase is very versatile, could be used in response to a temper tantrum, a flip-flop or an awkward lie.

The vernacular of street politics and it's ongoing evolution never ceases to amuse me.