Can the blockchain be included in future packages of the standard client? Is it possible to include actual transaction history to new version of Bitcoin client?

I mean, when someone new downloads a fresh version from http://bitcoin.org.

It is very hard to get more people into the Bitcoin community, when the start takes sooo looong.
(It looks like it never ends, like a bug.)
You can download the transaction history separately (don't have the link on me currently). Adding it to the client would also be disencouraging - 1GB of a "program" doesn't appear too user-friendly.

Alternatively, one can use a lightweight client (like Multibit or Electrum), or an eWallet (like StrongCoin).