McCain is basically a one note candidate, the monotonous song of his captivity in Nam. I read a post on another blog that rang true. It said McCain's candidacy amounted to "You owe me this", implicitly for his war experiences. How to counter that? No one wants to touch the third rail of this election and it's not Social Security. It's grabbing McCain by the collar and saying "OK, we get it, now can we move on to the issues!?" Who could get away with that and not be crucified for doing it? Another military man, another soldier just as heroic, someone who suffered if not as much at least grievously wounded. I'm not sure what kind of VP or President Wesley Clark would make but his STFU factor vis-a-vis McCain's constant POW harangue would be welcome and entertaining.

Limbaugh on McCain:

"If he picks a pro-choice running mate, it's not going to be pretty.... If the McCain camp does that, they will have effectively destroyed the Republican party and put the conservative movement in the bleachers."

Nick Lowry:

NR has learned that the McCain campaign has been calling key state GOP officials around the country the last couple of days and sounding them out about the consequences of a pro-choice VP pick. The campaign is asking about the reaction of conservative grass-roots activists to such a pick and whether a pro-choicer can be sold to them. This is an indication that the McCain campaign is serious about the possibility of a pro-choice VP nominee and that McCain leaving the door open to Tom Ridge last week may not have been merely a friendly nod to a longtime supporter. In this scenario, McCain's emphatic pro-life statements Saturday night and his pledge that he'll run a "pro-life administration" would have been partly an attempt to reassure conservatives in the event of a pro-choice pick.

the folks at cnnPolitics think it's going to be biden.

pretty risky if true, but he might be an effective attack dog.

the revolution will not be televised...Peace

I keep hearing Chet Edwards of Texas from DC insider-types.  Who knows, at this point.  

I thought about signing up for the text message thing, but as there will be an eruption of BREAKING posts all over the web, plus twitters, I don't think there will be much of a problem finding out.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

please not Kathleen Sebilus..

That's my prediction:

It's rumored Kaine and Obama will hold an event on Thursday together but nothing is confirmed or set in stone.  Both Kaine and Obama's spokesmen say the schedule is "in flux."

Kaine has one event scheduled for Thursday making the day pretty open for other opportunities.  When asked about his schedule Thursday Kaine said "schedules get written and rewritten all the time" and pointed reporters again to the Obama campaign for further details.

However, when pressed further about his clear schedule Thursday and a possible joint appearance, Kaine said, "You know, we'll see.  We'll see."

Source

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

Watch this CNN Video of Obama getting flack on the FISA, Iraq flip flop from a supporter in NM.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"