Obama picks Hillary as VP: Wins election? (Maybe)
Obama picks Biden as VP: Mistake (according to Biden)

I believe McCain has surprised many of us by his first major decision. If the rest of his selections (cabinet, judges) are similar, he will make conservative Republicans very happy.

Genn Reynolds at Instapunditis right when he says Palin is a politician not a saint. But she is a very skilled politician. The Republicans need a few more of those.

Terrye on September 10, 2008 at 5:40 PM

But what’s really inspiring… she is a very skilled and principled politician! Talk about a rare find!

onlineanalyst on September 10, 2008 at 9:58 PM

I really don’t want to see Barack or Biden wearing lipstick.

Debate rages over whether or not Barack Obama called Governor Sarah Palin a “pig.” Whatever your view on that subject, it is undeniable that when it comes to earmarks the Democrats are the pigs. The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste does the math:

John McCain is a “hero” to U.S. taxpayers for his lifetime record of resisting earmarks, while Barack Obama and Joe Biden are “hostile” and “unfriendly,” a government spending watchdog group has concluded.
In its new report, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste gave the Republican presidential nominee a 100 percent rating for his votes in the Senate last year, and a lifetime score of 88 percent.

By comparison, the nonpartisan, nonprofit group, which is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, gave the Democratic presidential nominee a 10 percent score last year and a lifetime score of 18 percent. Biden, Obama’s running mate, scored 0 percent last year and an overall score of 22 percent.

The forces of reaction in Washington are counting on the go along/get along careerist Barack Obama to help them block change and preserve the status quo. There is only one real reform ticket in the race this year, and it’s McCain/Palin.

How did they not see this coming? I figured this out myself about the third time I heard her repeat the line about the Bridge to Nowhere. She was basically waving a red cape in front of a bull in order to draw them into the discussion about earmarks.
rsrobinson on September 10, 2008 at 9:39 PM

The bull never figures that out – because it’s a bull. It only knows how to do one thing, so that’s what it ALWAYS does.

That’s what Karl Rove always based his plans on: you can always trust liberals – to be liberals. You can see his hand in this. The big difference is that the McCain campaign is being a lot more pro-active than Bush ever was. I suspect that Bush always held Rove back before, but I think McCain and our beloved pit bull aren’t being quite as prissy about that sort of thing.

Obama’s team is getting punked on an almost daily basis.

But she withdrew her support for it and therefore is telling the truth when she says she stopped the bridge to nowhere. And the public (ie, normal Americans, as opposed to the elite freaks in the Dem Party) LOVES her.
ManlyRash on September 10, 2008 at 8:06 PM

And the handful of rabid idiots screaming that Governor Palin is an evil ‘hipocrite’ because she wasn’t born with a pathological hatred of all bridges will scream even louder.

And the public will love her even more. And the moonbats will scream even louder….

Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?

Good you’re catching on. So did Palin. Then she withdrew her support only when it became a national embarrassment. Then she kept the money allocated for the bridge anyway. Yet she uses it as an applause line. – crr6 on September 10, 2008 at 5:02 PM

But she withdrew her support for it and therefore is telling the truth when she says she stopped the bridge to nowhere. And the public (ie, normal Americans, as opposed to the elite freaks in the Dem Party) LOVES her. Palinmania! Sarah’Cuda! Kawasaki glasses and upswept hair! Babies and more babies! Lots and lots of lipstick!

And the best part: there is nothing you can do to stop her.

Priceless.

Right. I guess the difference is that Obama didn’t use the Bridge to Nowhere as an applause line in his speeches. – crr6 on September 10, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Given his nearly billion dollar track record – not to mention the hefty chunk of cash he directed to his wife’s hospital (you know…the hospital at which she developed a plan to turn away the indigent from the emergency room) – I can’t say that I blame him for not delving on earmarks.

Everyday a new reason to love this woman!

Then, just smile and let the crowd roar in appreciation for about 5 minutes – then deliver a well-timed broadside skewering line right between obama’s ears…

Did George Bush veto that much in spending during his whole first term?

logis on September 10, 2008 at 6:34 PM

I thought Bush didn’t veto anything until his second term. Am I wrong?

We reformed the abuses of earmarks in our state, and it was while our opponent was requesting a billion dollars in earmarks as a Senatorial privilege. What I was doing was vetoing half a billion dollars as an executive responsibility.

Did George Bush veto that much in spending during his whole first term?

Oh, but it only took her 19 months to do it, so I guess that means she’s not “experienced” enough.

Really wish she would change up her stump speech some though. In this day and age where we can see every single stump speech at the click of a button it isn’t the best thing to use the same language (or even the same things) every single time. I know she’s introducing herself to America campaign stop by stop but all the same it would be beneficial to talk of more things then simply earmark reform and energy. Unless, that is, their whole campaign message which would be disappointing in my eyes.

CTDeLude on September 10, 2008 at 5:55 PM

You’ve hit the nail on the head. I love her and she’s the best thing to arrive on the political scene in aeons but they have to address this problem of repeating the same speech and do it quick.

“Swiftboating is not going to work this time, and the reason it’s not is No. 1, I’m going to smack ‘em right square in the chops,” Biden said.

Der Gaffenmeister keep on giving. Nice summer/fall!

p.s. fall c/b a Freudian slip.