Here's What Frightens Me

Okay, McCain has selected Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP candidate...Paul Begala succinctly summarizes the days discussion in his article as "Is McCain out of his mind?" In the end, I don't think this will change things much in the polls [I mean the polls that have Obama up by 8%]. I don't see how the selection would make people who wouldn't vote for McCain yesterday vote for him today. The problems they have/had with McCain [whatever they are] don't go away while Obama's biggest problem [lack of foreign policy experience] was addressed by his VP selection. For me this is a marginally positive "do no damage" selection.

That being said, I would say McCain has a slightly less chance than a coin flip at being our next President. That being the case, I am scared shit less that there is a chance that Sarah Palin could be the Vice President. At least with any of McCain's other choices I would have been assured A. An guaranteed improvement from Dick Cheney and B. Someone who knows what the Vice President does all day. I would have been most comfortable with Romney...he's run businesses and I am sure that if I ever met him he would be one of the nicest people I've ever met...Plus a Vice President I can call Mittens is always fun...Tim Pawlenty would have been okay too, I mean no one from Minnesota has ever done anything really bad, right?

McCain VP Sweepstakes

So at last check we have Tim Pawlenty clearing his schedule, Mitt Romney's sister's house being swept by the Secret Service, Joe Lieberman voting with Democrats on everything except national security, and Kay Bailey Hutchison still supporting the Roe v. Wade decision...where's that leave us?

Don't Choose Me

It looks like CS will get his "wish" and Bobby Jindal will not be McCain's Vice-President nominee...the article linked here pushes Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty as the leading candidate...we here at YASR have mentioned this before...

The Wrens -- Everyone Choose Sides
From The Meadowlands album.

McCain and the Bridge

An interesting little thing is developing in Minnesota as potential V-P candidate Tim Pawlenty had to awkwardly disagree with John McCain this week as to the cause of the I-35 bridge collapse:

"Pawlenty is a national co-chairman of McCain's campaign and is often mentioned as a possible running mate. He stepped gingerly around the comments McCain made that the Interstate 35W bridge failure last summer could be traced to members of Congress diverting federal funds to wasteful projects.

Pawlenty said McCain's remarks were his opinion and that everyone should reserve judgment until federal investigators release findings later this year. Investigators have focused on an apparent design flaw involving beam-connecting gusset plates and construction weight above vulnerable components at the time of the failure."

Atmosphere -- That's Not Beef, That's Pork
From the Strictly Leakage album.

McCain / Pawlenty 2008???

Dear CS,

I don't know if you watch the McLaughlin Group on the weekends but this week Eleanor Clift from Newsweek said that Tim Pawlenty was going to be the Vice Presidential candidate for any of the Republican candidates...I almost spit out my cereal as I was watching and not only because she called him Wisconsin Governor Tim Pawlenty [poor Jim Doyle...so forgettable]. Can this be? Even Huckabee would pick him?

Are we going to see this September 4th?

Yours truly,

Matt

Radiohead -- Hunting Bears
From Amnesiac. Do fans consider Amnesiac to be the weakest Radiohead album or is it universally accepted that Pablo Honey is [and will always be] the weakest?