Cafferty even goes so far to ask what would have happened if McCain had selected someone like Romney.  And the best he can come up with is that Mitt wouldn’t have to have had the RNC buy him clothes and could name a paper that he reads.  Is that really all that Romney has over Palin?  Then why on earth would we care whether McCain picked Romney or Palin?

Or how about Tom Ridge, he asks.  What?  Are you serious?  Do you honestly think that two “good ol’ boys” would stand a chance in a very hot place in this race?  If anything, the race would be an even greater slide for Obama.  Something that I would bet Mr. Cafferty would like.

But in the end, this is my site, and it only matters what I think.  Was Palin a mistake?  Hell no.  In fact, I would add that the race would be a landslide for Obama if Palin weren’t in it.  With some friendly help from folks like Joe the Plumber, Joe Six Pack, and now Tito the Builder, the McCain/Palin ticket seems to be holding on by a string.  I would argue that it is because of Palin, not in spite of, that the race stands that way.  Her “downhome” attitude and lack of Play-By-The-Rules-edness have truly endeared her to many of the core constituents around the country.

It’s McCain’s downfall that has caused the current state of affairs.  As I alluded to at the beginning of this article, McCain used to be considered a fiscal conservative.  Or at least what passed for one.  In recent years, and most noticably, in recent months, we’ve seen a shift of dynamic towards what we would consider a “same ol’, same ol’” conservative.  That is, as my friend Jake likes to say, a “Liberal Light”.  All the fiscal policies of a Liberal, less socialist calories.

So, if you want to blame someone for the sorry state of affairs in the right wings, blame McCain.  He’s bowed far enough to the whims of his compatriots in the Republican party (and still not appeased them) that he’s made most of his more avid followers quite upset with him.  It should make for a pretty interesting night on the 4th.  I think the result is pretty evident at this point, but I truly think it could have been otherwise.  Now, I just need to decide if either would have been all that great…

She could be just the extra bit that the McCain camp needs.  First, I think that Obama missed out when he chose not to pick Clinton as his VP.  He would have gotten a very popular candidate as well as a Woman.  McCain could pick up a small amount of votes for having a woman on the ticket.

Also, with all the uproar being about spending, spending, and more spending, McCain and Palin could be to of the best of the best conservatives as far as anti-earmarking goes.  And I like that.  It’s time to be fiscally conservative once again.  When the rest of the country is reportedly in a damn recession, why is the government spending more?

Adding Sarah Palin to the ticket would pretty much cement my pick for President.  Obama lost me months ago, but I don’t believe in wasted votes, so the other Presidential candidates (yes there are others) still have a chance.  Probably not with Palin on the ticket though.

Update: It’s official.  Even McCain’s campaign site has been updated already. (although the site doesn’t render very well for me in Firefox right now.  Maybe they’re still working on it.)

The question is, did Romney do it to make a play for VP.  After Tuesday, he’s a distant second to McCain and if things proceed as they already have, he’ll stay there.  So, rather than spend the money and make a little bit of a speed bump for McCain, he drops out.  What if he then begins talks with McCain to become the VP on the ticket.  If it’s obvious that he isn’t going to win the presidential nomination, why not save your money for a national campaign against your true competition, the Democrats.

He even mentions a “national campaign” when he drops his bid.  Not in a personal sense, but he does mention it.  I really think that there is a play here for VP.  Huckabee, if he sticks in the race, (or not really) is running out of money.  He isn’t a truly wealthy man like Romney.  He has less monetarily to bring to the table as the VP candidate.  Of course, the fighting amongst the McCain and Romney campaigns in the last few weeks would tend to say that it won’t happen, but worse enemies have become allies before.

Should be interesting to see if this plays out.

House Republicans clearly enjoyed watching Democratic leaders squirm during the series of votes, which lasted more than one hour.
“The determination was made that if Democrats are going to waste time and resources with a resolution like this, then it should be thoroughly debated,” said Brian Kennedy, the spokesman for Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), adding that the charges against Cheney were “ludicrous.”

Clearly, the Democrats went into this thinking that the bill would get shot down and they could just claim that they had tried. They had no intention of it actually getting to a debate. And of course, the Democrats are trying to put some spin on it.

Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), accused Republicans of “wasting time.”
“They’re voting to impeach the vice president. What does that say about the support for President Bush in the Republican Conference?” he added, trying to put the best face on a situation Democratic leaders had wanted to avoid.

No, they voted to not kill a bill that will impeach the Vice President if passed. There is a difference.  What they did vote for was a debate on the subject.  And what’s funnier is that the reason for that was to expose the rift between Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich and the Majority leaders Hoyer and Pelosi who have stated that an impeachment proceeding would be useless this late into the term.

I’ve always thought that current sitting legislators who are running for another office should be made to step down from their current office.  They should be judged by what they have done when not trying to win an election, not what they do during the run-up to the election.  As soon as they declare their candidacy, they start doing exactly what they think the party and the people want to see them doing.