Dorian

BTW, who is DLS?

Dorian

But that's in the past now, and heaven knows whether she had any skeletons in her closet. As far as Biden goes, he does seem a like an odd choice given Obama's message. And not exactly inspiring. But he seems like a solid pick — very knowledgeable, principled (except for that plagiarism episode, but that was 20 years ago), thinks well on his feet (despite his tendency to misspeak and run on), and is probably the best attack dog available (I can hear it now — subject, verb, and POW).

But the fact is, those are impressions. My impressions may change. I suspect that many people's impressions may change as time goes on. We've heard many times about Obama's “lapses” in judgment, only to realize later they weren't always lapses. So I guess we'll see how things go.

I'd put Romney at #1 and Lieberman at #2 likelihood, actually view Crist over Ridge.

Note the hurdle they face in that by agreeing to be VP choice it's for a likely losing campaign, and what that means for their own prospects in the future again as VP or in other positions.

I'm hoping for a McCain-Lieberman ticket, too.

And how McCain, who obviously is on the defensive (answering “Why?” would take far too long!) needs a VP to give him the boost and damage control he so much needs.

Is it even possible for a VP to give McCain recovery? Lefty talk radio doesn't care and hasn't said anything about McCain's VP choice; there's no obligation for him to make a choice as soon as possible — my reaction today was, to put _some_ life into the GOP convention, McCain should announce his selection at that time.

The one last thing I was thinking about this morning concerns another poster on here, Holly (a Democrat who is worried about Obama and foreign policy and may vote for McCain out of necessity). You see, McCain could well make a poor choice, not just a choice that is Just Okay but doesn't achieve anything, but a poor choice, that generates an even bigger frown or scowl among too many Americans.

What if McCain made a throwback-to-retreads choice of particular note that was a link back to the Bushes and to the Saudis and to Big Oil?

Yep. What if McCain chose a “foreign policy” guy himself, namely James Baker?

Sorry, Holly, but McCain might well do something like that. So be prepared.

I heard about it this morning. All I can say is how I reacted.

“Foolproof choice. Resolves foreign policy concerns, exploits Iraq. Good move — he chose the favorite, strongest person. The Obama campaign is back firmly on its feet at this moment.”