Can't make up my mind


Last week I was drinking the Obama KoolAid. Last night I was ready to die for John and Sarah.

Two incredibly good speeches by Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman, although as Rowe said afterwards, they scheduled them in the wrong order. Lieberman repeated the warning against partisanship from Washington's farewell address. Not an elephant in sight, it's the McCain/Palin convention. No Republicans here, just Americans, ready to do our duty.

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On Sunday I got a call from the local Conservatives, asking if I'd like another yard sign.

I replied that there's no need for an election until a year from now, and that if Harper calls one I'm voting for Dion.


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David Brooks had an interesting column the other day on Palin's strengths and weaknesses as the nominee for "second fiddle."

He concluded, that while Palin helps McCain in the campaign, should he be elected:

He really needs someone to impose a policy structure on his moral intuitions. He needs a very senior person who can organize a vast administration and insist that he tame his lone-pilot tendencies and work through the established corridors — the National Security Council, the Domestic Policy Council. He needs a near-equal who can turn his instincts, which are great, into a doctrine that everybody else can predict and understand.

As any fan of the West Wing will tell you, that's the job description for the chief of staff, not the VP.

Posted: Wed - September 3, 2008 at 11:54 AM          

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