Fox is reporting that Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska will be John McCain's choice for V.P.

Color me shocked.  And I mean that truly.

The biggest frame of attack by McCain levied against Obama is his much vaunted "inexperience".

But McCain undercuts that argument by selecting as his number two, a woman with two years of experience as a Governor.  Remember, the prime consideration for any V.P. is that the person will be ready, day one, to become President.

What does this tell us about McCain's judgment to be President?

What this pick would be is pure, unadulterated politics. A cynical attempt to woo disenfranchised Hillary supporters.  Not a pick that places the best interests of his party, or his country, in the forefront.  Country First my ass!

As a result, I heartily endorse and encourage McCain to select Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential choice! :-)

Fox is now reporting that both Pawlenty AND Mittens are out of the running.

The conservative conventional wisdom was that Pawlenty and Mittens were the "safe" choice for V.P.  The whole "do no harm" bit.

Well, apparently McCain has ruled them out.  This opens the door to lots of interesting possibilities: Kate Baily Hutchison, Sarah Palin, Joe "Jowl" Lieberman, and Tom Ridge.

It goes to show just how effective Obama's speech last night was.  McCain believes he has no choice but to go for a pro-choice running mate, or a woman to win this thing.

The media narrative last week was that Obama "blinked" when selecting Biden.  Will the favor be returned when McCain does the same?  Don't hold your breath.

I experienced a What The Fuck moment just now.

I normally never watch This Week with George S., but I sampled the weekly shows to see how the Biden selection was playing, so I ventured over to ABC.  I arrived just as the "round table" segment  began with folks like the Prissy George Will, Brazen Donna Brazile, Coiffed Cokie Roberts (what's with that retro bee-hive look, honey?), and Asshat Mark Halperin.

The round table sputtered through the normal villager sentiments, but when the convo came around to the subject of the "My Father has Many Houses" scandal, Halperin got all emotional.  He made the ludicrous argument that Obama opened the door to Rezko, Ayers, and Reverend Wright for having the audacity to use John McCain's own words against him.  The gall!  Cokie  Roberts made the rational point that Obama's attacks were fair, as they were symbolic of an out of touch thinking that will resonate with the middle class. 

Since Ayers was mentioned by Halperin, George S., asks the table to explain who he is, and Halperin argued the republican line that Obama didn't "repudiate" him sufficiently, being that he was a "terrorist" and all.  The argumentation seems analgous to saying that you can't befriend Robert Byrd due to his KKK past.

The tenor of Halperin's argument was nearly hystical, pretty much blaming the opening of Pandoras Box on Obama for running the "Houses" ads.  Even the complacent George S., had to insert himself and gently remind Halperin that McCain has been attacking Obama's character for weeks now by suggesting that Obama would rather win an election then win a war.  Apparently in Halperin's world, such attacks are fine, but to play up on a person's inability to remember how many cribs they own is crossing the line!

Halperin, who's page I visit daily, looked really small today.  He's a complete and utter asshat!