Well, it looks like your hero may be out of a job pretty soon so maybe you should try to convince him to throw his hat into the ring as a "left-leaning" liberal in 2012. Of course he would have to doctor up some fake documents making it possible for him to run, but that should be no difficult for a fine upstanding man like him.
I think you may enjoy reading an article by the deputy editor of the Washington Post in today's edition. The header for the story is, "How Hugo Chavez's revolution crumbled." The second paragraph states, "Hugo Chavez.s socialism for the 21'st century has been defeated and is on it's way to collapse."
He could advertise that he runs slightly to the left of Obama.