Recall back in May when team Obama kept saying the primaries need to end NOW.  We don't have much time to campaign.  This is going on too long.  Obama needs to start campaigning against the repugs NOW.

How long will it take to introduce Kaine, Bayh or Sebelius to a National audience?  And, how quickly will the repugs be able to define them any way they want to?

You just have to know that they thought they would be up on McCain by double digits at this point, that he could safely not pick Clinton because it would be clear that he didn't need her to win.  But, that's not happening.  The Tour de Barack didn't send his numbers into the stratosphere - nothing has moved this race from the doldrums in which it is languishing (which, to me, says that people are just feeling totally blah about having to choose between these two mediocre candidates, but I digress), and you can almost see the marks Obama's heels are making in the ground as he starts to be dragged closer to the truth that everyone else knows, and he cannot admit: Clinton is the difference-maker.

His refusal to see this, and for so long, may be working against him in ways that have nothing to do with Clinton, and everything to do with people not being particularly happy about another president whose stubborness and ego get in the way of doing what's best for the country.  This may mean that by the time he gives in and names her, it will be too late.

If the PUMAs are located in RED states, it doesn't matter.  If they are located in Deep Blue states, it doesn't matter.

One thing to note, of course, is that if Obama were to "pick" Hillary, her convention delegates and the need to do a roll call would almost disappear.

That's the worst case scenario, of course. She could go on to be a thrilling part of an exciting new era, but the only thing in the way is Obama's ego being unable to allow Hillary any say in important manners like the economy or healthcare, etc.

Obama's Theory of Change rests on a conviction that governance is reducible to a pattern of resolution without confrontation.

OR

For all we know Hillary has some deal-breaking skeleton in her closet--maybe more affairs on the part of her husband, perhaps--that would kill the campaign dead in the water if she were picked as VP.

We just aren't privy to enough information here.

How on earth does that demonstrate a sophisticated grasp of international politics and diplomacy which would help the ticket? It's almost as bad as Cheney's war-waving yesterday, as if we were supposed to pull troops out of Iraq right now and send them to Tbilisi to back up Shaakashvili's government, under an undisclosed mutual security undertaking we may yet find out Bush or Cheney gave, and backed up with the defense exercises a few months ago and all those trainers we are now trying to pull out.

Kansas Gov. Sebelius lays out the Democratic Convention's nightly themes on morning media call, says Wednesday night -- which Obama's No. 2 keynotes -- will focus on "Securing America's Future."

Campaign aide says the theme isn't a hint that Obama's veep pick will have a strong military background.