His 'goal' -- "in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East"  was as bold as it gets.  It will be remembered not as a goal, but as a promise.

To me, this is what should be the headline tomorrow ... and form the basis for rebuttal from McCain and a full debate of both of their energy plans.  What exactly is McCain's goal in terms of energy anyway????

OK.  Actually Woman Bites Wolf

Here's a video clip (from Crooks and Liars) of Caroline Kennedy's masterful handling of the pompous, vacuous Wolf Blitzer.

Sweet Caroline

It's beautiful to behold.  I just wished they also included the part of the same segment where McCain's media rep Nicolle (?)  told Blitzer - on air - that they were convinced that he 'sleeps upside down somewhere'.

It was almost too good to be true.

For me I clapped when Caroline Kennedy slapped down Wolf Blitzer for asking her to 'run through' the confidential VP vetting process and whether Hilary was vetted.  He's such a Clinton shill and is intent on keeping alive the whole Hilary/Obama rift meme.  That's his only goal.  Caroline recognized it and stood up to him and told him in so many words to GFY.

And then when Nicolle (?) from the McCain side told him that they were convinced that he 'sleeps upside down somewhere' it was almost too good to be true.

Finally Blitzer got bitch slapped in public, not once, but twice, and once from each party.  It was a beautiful thing!

What was your highlight?

Why is it so damn hard for even one TV talking head to say something like, "You know, the convention is about Barack Obama and his quest to be elected president.  The republicans are desperate to intrude and create a storyline of Hilary Clinton in order to take the focus of Obama and we in the media have swallowed it hook, line, and sinker."  This is a made-up story and feeds the media lust for conflict.  There are probably at least a 100 other points of view represented in Denver that are contrary to Obama, but the whole show only exists because Obama has won the nomination.  Let's cover that you morons!

The contrast between this week's convention coverage and next week's will be blindingly clear.  The repub convention coverage will focus on McCain, not democratic talking points.

It really sickens me to see this non-stop gabfest about Hilary.  She lost.  The story is Obama.  Period.

And the suits wonder why nobody watches TV news anymore !!!

I was enthused to hear Biden’s great line, “these times require more than a good soldier, they require a wise leader” and think it has the makings of a valuable meme if he keeps hammering on it.  It’s really a more acceptable (MSM acceptable) way of making the same point that Wes Clark tried to make … and that point needs to be made.  Made in a reasonable “oh-yeah, sure” way, not a “how-dare-you-criticize” way.  It acknowledges McCain’s service and courage but also dismisses it as insufficient as a basis to choose a president.

 

The essence of a good soldier is following orders, and that fits perfectly with McCain’s record from the Keating 5, to the FCC commissioner deal ,to the lobbyist connections, to the 95% behind George Bush and probably many more a competent research team could find.  It effectively refutes the ‘maverick’ meme as a maverick is the antithesis of a ‘good soldier’.

 

The trick is to hammer it home and not just let it die out after this speech.

 

The other side of it is to challenge McCain to show where he has politically shown ‘wise leadership’ and stuck with it, instead of just throwing in with a showy attempt to change something.  Somewhere that he has actually led the change and not abandoned it after it became politically expedient.  Campaign reform is an excellent example of where he abandoned real leadership when it was inconvenient.  Refusing to define waterboarding as torture is another.  Maybe an ad titled “John McCain, Inconvenient Truths”.  Of course Obama would need iron-tight examples of his own leadership in order for this to work.  Plus those examples would have to demonstrate not just leadership, but wise leadership.  Then the distinction could be drawn.

 

Also, in response to the debate clip of Biden saying Obama isn’t ready, by first saying that no one running for president in a primary has ever conceded that their opponent would be a better choice, or be more ready and that no ever asked him if  he thought McCain is ready.  This should prompt a question of, Well, is McCain ready?” which he can then respond to by saying he thinks McCain is not only not ready, but has demonstrably proven that he never will be and then challenge the MSM to give that as much coverage as they have his other comments.