OPINION: Trump’s opponent could shake up the race by promising to make some spectacular appointments.

Dear Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden’s record-setting tax increases will take your money and your jobCable networks pooling convention coverage to reduce number of employeesBiden on Trump sharing video of protester shouting ‘white power’: He ‘has picked a side’MORE
You are doing great. You are up in the polls. Money is starting to come in. Youre even breaking through with some GOP figures Carly Fiorina and Colin PowellColin Luther PowellTrump’s tough talk on China sparks fears of geopolitical crisisLooking forward to pro sports after COVID blackoutThe Fed and the Pottery Barn DoctrineMORE are voting for you.
Now is the time for Fourth of July political fireworks to fight any complacency among your voters.
So, heres my advice:
Before you name your pick for vice president, you should name three cabinet secretaries and your first Supreme Court nominee.
First, name Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenSenate Democrats push federal agencies to combat coronavirus scams and robocallsOn The Money: Next COVID-19 bill depends on June jobs report | Treasury sent nearly .4B in stimulus payments to dead people | Fed bans stock buybacks, caps dividend payments for big banks after stress testsWarren presses Powell on Fed’s role in fighting racial wealth gapMORE (D-Mass.) as your Treasury Secretary.
Second, name Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharSenate Democrats push federal agencies to combat coronavirus scams and robocallsFEC commissioner resigns, leaving agency without a quorum againThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Artistic Director Tim Seelig says choirs are dangerous; Pence says, ‘We have saved lives’MORE (D-Minn.) as your Attorney General.
Third, name Susan Rice as your Secretary of State.
And finally, tell the world that Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – As virus concerns grow, can it get worse for Trump?Gridlock mires chances of police reform dealThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Dems, GOP dig in on police reform ahead of House voteMORE (D-Calif.) is your first pick for the Supreme Court.
This strategy has high risk and high reward.
The risk comes with creating new targets for Trump to belittle with schoolyard nicknames.
But youre after the big reward.
The announcements will tell everyone you are fired up, ready to govern. It will energize the voters you need to turn out in big numbers, especially Black Americans, suburban women and Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersEconomist says US lacks leadership needed to successfully emerge from economic crisisBiden and BLM must set aside differences, focus on beating TrumpOvernight Defense: Appeals court rules using Pentagon funding for border wall illegal | Esper visits NATO after Trump announces Germany drawdown | Russian intel unit reportedly offered bounties for killing coalition troops in AfghanistanMORE (I-Vt.) fans on the partys left.
Putting Warren in your cabinet signals you are already taking action on income inequality looking to address the urgent needs of students with college debt, financially squeezed middle-class workers and small businesses. The left will love this pick.
The only problem with Warren is that she is an excellent choice for vice president. But this move will not take her out of the running.
There is no such complication with Klobuchar.
She took herself out of the running for VP recently. Naming a hardworking Midwesterner with stellar credentials to fix the odor of corruption coming from President TrumpDonald John TrumpIntelligence suggests Russian bounties led to deaths of several US troops in Afghanistan: reportObama called Philonise Floyd before brother’s memorial service: NYT President Trump tries to cover his tracks by attacking the rule of lawMORE’s Justice Department will remind everyone what is at stake.
And since there is no vacancy on the Supreme Court at the moment, naming Harris as your future choice for the high court will not rule her out as a pick for vice president either.
Now, here comes the risk.
Name Rice as your Secretary of State with the caveat that she, like Warren and Harris, is a contender to be your running mate even if doing so sets off red lights and screams in the Trump media echo chamber. 
To my mind, shed be a great vice president.
Rice provides you with a fierce tag-team partner for Trumps bare-knuckle political wrestling. She has no problem saying the Trump administration is racist to its core.
We have a choice, Rice recently told HBOs Bill MaherWilliam (Bill) MaherMaher presses Bolton for not backing Biden: How could he ‘be worse’ than Trump?Bill Maher: Black people must demand whites ‘stop culturally appropriating how mad they are about racism’Bill Maher tees off on ‘f—ing stupid’ ‘defund the police’ messageMORE. 
That choice, she said, was between Trump remaining in office and Biden winning.
If the Democrat won, she added, Americans would have a president who understands thatits time to invest in health, in education, in housing andin so many of the underlying conditions which have exacerbated the systemic racism in this countryI would urge those that are questioning how they might vote in this context to be very mindful of what the choice is. It couldnt be more stark.
Running mates are traditionally the attack dogs that allow the presidential nominee to keep clean while they handle the day-to-day combat.
Spiro Agnew famously played that role for Richard Nixon in 1968. John Edwards did it for John KerryJohn Forbes KerryThe Memo: Trump’s 2020 path gets steeperPrimaries renew fears about Democratic unity in presidential raceThe ‘blue wall’ is reforming in the Rust BeltMORE in 2004. Sarah Palin tried her best for John McCainJohn Sidney McCainDemocrats lead in three battleground Senate races: pollRepublican Scott Taylor wins Virginia primary, to face Elaine Luria in rematchCongress should reinstate tax certificate program to foster media ownership diversityMORE in the final weeks of the 2008 campaign.
Rice fits the role. Her sharp intellect also makes her a favorite in any debate against Vice President Pence.
And she has already been battle-tested.
For years, Republican talk radio hosts vilified her over her response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in 2012.
They accused her of lying for saying the attack grew out of a spontaneous demonstration, prompted by an American anti-Muslim video.
The truth was more complicated, but also exonerating of Rice. The CIA director at the time of the attacks, David Petraeus, later told Congress that the agency knew a terrorist group was involved in the attack but that this classified information had been intentionally omitted from an unclassified memo given to Rice to prepare for TV interviews.
To this day, Republicans point to Benghazi to libel Rice even though she and the Obama administration was cleared of any wrongdoing by 10 separate investigations, many done by Republicans in Congress.
Rice also shines a light on a major Trump weakness Americas diminished strength on the world stage.
A Gallup poll released earlier this month found 58 percent of Americans disapproving of Trumps handling of foreign affairs.
And this was before Trumps former National Security Adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonNavarro: Bolton set himself up as ‘White House warlord’Trump retweets, then deletes video that includes protester shouting ‘white power’Sunday shows – Coronavirus resurgence dominatesMORE kicked off his book tour by slamming Trumps handling of foreign policy, saying: “I don’t think he has the competence to carry out the job.
Rice is uniquely well-positioned to highlight Trumps failures in handling North Korea, China and Russia.
Her selection also signals that you are hiring people who have expertise and speak the truth as compared to the incompetent loyalists around Trump.
This is no time to lay back, Joe.
Trump cant be counted out. It is no coincidence that only three incumbents have lost in the last 50 years. He has a ton of money. He will play the lowest racial politics last week retweeting fights between white and black people. He still has the power of the White House.
Naming a few cabinet members now will shine a light on his poor cabinet choices further revealing the damage done by the big fumble of 2016.
Juan Williams is an author, and a political analyst for Fox News Channel.