At Rally, Finding Clinton's Aid to Obama Too Tepid

Read the tone of this article and tell me if you don't want to just pull your hair out.  

Obama is acting like a parent with a sick sense of humor, making the children wait until 11:59 pm to open their presents because it's still technically Christmas...at this point, "the kids" are going to be hugely disappointed, and may make a note to suggest "Santa" bring Obama some nice lumps of coal - early - like November 4th.

If the message at this stage is "that's for me to know and you to find out," - the rhetorical equivalent of sticking out his tongue at us, I guess we can look forward to a couple new phrases in his repertoire: "I'm rubber, you're glue; whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" and "I know you are, but what am I?'

Can "nanny-nanny-boo-boo" be far behind?

Democrats in general, and Obama in particular, have trouble connecting with working-class voters, especially Catholic ones. Biden would be the bridge.

Once the order came, it was SO anticlimactic. The waiting was interesting.  The outcome was not.  Just like this will be.

I put a post up on my own blog Wednesday that touches on this. It's called "The VP Pick: Why It Doesn't Matter, and Why It Does." The link is here.

 I know there will be a very short window between his texting and the news announcement but the method is still favoring one group over another.  Sounds like a small thing to be concerned with, but people look at everything especially if there is even the slightest appearance of someone being excluded.

I think it's a mistake and McCain will probably use it against him in a TV ad.

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Hello, I am John McCain and unlike my opponent I will let ALL of the American people know at once who my VP choice is.  I will not pick a select group to be privy first to my VP announcement.  

They went to the trouble of having a warrant issued, and served, to arrest a 20 y/o woman for having overdue books and not paying the fine - about $30.  Anything to get people into the criminal justice system, I guess.

As it's been the theme of Obama's campaign, all glitz, glamor, color and lights. Nothing much else.

We were in Vegas for 2 nights.  The first night we saw the Hitzville (That was the original name for Motown)and had dinner for something like $50 a ticket.  The show was to die for.  I see oldies shows all the time and I have never seen so much talent, ever.  Jin Jin and the girls imitate or do the songs of the Supremes, Mary Wells, Gladys Knight, Martha and the Vandellas but the ultimate show stopper was Jin Jin as Tina Turner doing "Simply the Best" another great song and "Proud Mary."  The guys did the Temptations, the Four Tops and Smokey.  You have to see this show at the Harmon Theater.  We stayed at the Paris so it was around the corner.  There is noting like a live show with incredible talent and for that price, it is pennies for Vegas.  

The next night we saw the "O" show at the Belaggio and had dinner in Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak and that night cost us $500.  My wife liked the "O" show, I hated it, and the steak at Craftsteak was so full of Thyme (which I normally love) it was horrible.  I'd like to be a judge on Top Chef, giving it to Tom for that entre and I love Tom.  The salad frisse was wonderful and the creamed spinach was over salted and didn't taste very good.

Democratic officials said little-known Texas Rep. Chet Edwards was one of the few Democrats whose background was checked by Obama's campaign and he was a finalist for the job.