I wonder where Oprah would stand if Condi was running?

This leaves only Govs Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Pro-abortion Ridge and Dem-Lieberman were never real considerations, despite relentless media goading. Pawlenty’s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women/Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain/Palin checkmate on the Dems. This is so albeit the Dems and liberal media dare not mention Palin’s name, that is, everyone but…..

And if there’s any question as to Palin being uniquely positioned and able to more than nullify Biden in debate, see the excellent discussion at palinforvp.blogspot.com

Team McCain, well done!!!

Aside from TDR, it’s hard to think of any Veep who went to cover himself in glory after suddenly being thrust into the top slot.

As usual the Medium Lobster has the good oil here.

“I still can’t believe that McCain was the best the Republicans could come up with.”

He’s old and desperate. So they got him cheap. He’ll issue markers to anyone and anything just for a last tilt at glory. Whereas Obama’s lean and hungry. So be very careful at feeding time.

“Obama v Condi, now that would be fun!”

Absolutely! Someone who’s fuckups are all in front of him vs someone who’s fuckups are all behind them. Not to mention it’d send both the hard core ideological/identity politics Republican and Democratic bases into a complete headless chicken tizzy.

“…is very much for drilling for oil…took on big oil on behalf of the people of Alaska…”

Whee-hee! All aboard the magic dog sled ride.

“McCain’s cheif economic adviser, a woman who was formerly the CEO of Hewlett Packard has also been mentioned.”

That’d be Carly Fiorina who managed to halve Hewlett-Packard’s stock price during her tenure as CEO.

And incidentally the fact “the Last Superpower” has decided to rebrand themselves as “Strange Times” is, I feel, just one more data point adding to the conclusion that Maoists are nutsy cranky losers in love with the nation-changing authouritian powers they’ll never enjoy themselves.

Exhibit A. The explanation for the name change which I do so hope much will be forthcoming here in all its tangled, self-righteous sophistry.

Yes, I was right, her name is Sarah Palin. Analysis of her chances range from a ‘long shot’ to ‘long, but firming’. McCain’s cheif economic adviser, a woman who was formerly the CEO of Hewlett Packard has also been mentioned.

This is a description of Gov. Sarah Palin by Newt Gingrich:

Mrs. Palin is “a mother of five, is a genuine Alaskan, is a hunter, is a dog sledder, is very much for drilling for oil, has a great reform reputation, took on big oil on behalf of the people of Alaska,” Mr. Gingrich said. “I think she would bring a level of excitement and uniqueness that people would have to stop and say, ‘Boy, this is kind of intriguing.’”

I seem to remember reading she was a serious contender, and quite talented. It might look like a bit… err… I can’t think of an appropriate word.

Biden’s criticism of Obama may well be a positive for him as VP. If they worry about change with Obama then they know they have the guarantee of this guy not too scared to speak up.

I still can’t believe that McCain was the best the Republicans could come up with.

“Kerry Miller: has there been anyone who has been prescient about what’s happening in Iraq (with the possible exception of Yahweh or Allah)?”

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I did (!) along with other people in the LastSuperpower group. Here’s a link to one (of many) such discussion on our old forum (which has now been archived and replaced with a new blog Strange Times ):

Iraq Developments

I also had an article published in The Australian (September 2006) in which I predicted successful democratization of Iraq and attacked the attitude that “all was lost”.

There was also a thread here on LP, entitled Strange Alignments which attempted to lampoon us for our views.

I also think that the architects of the surge, were prescient enough to know that they could facilitate a realignment of forces in Iraq which would prevent it disintegrating into the sort of civil war that people like Obama were so sure was about to happen.

Obama has done enough damage to politics-as-usual with the method of his campaign (lots of small donations beat big donations and celebrity endorsements in the internet age) – who did you expect him to pick, Ralph Nader? Biden is window-dressing for old politics, a point of reference for people reeling at the Hillary implosion. This is the equivalent of what happened to the Republicans a generation ago, when outsider Reagan chose Bush I as his running mate without selling out to the establishment that Bush I represented.

Professor: it isn’t racism to prefer French to Pakistanis in Afghanistan. It isn’t clear that the interests of Pakistan, insofar as they are coherent, are necessarily aligned to those of the US.

pablo: Webb ruled himself out.

SJ: what job? Kerry Miller: has there been anyone who has been prescient about what’s happening in Iraq (with the possible exception of Yahweh or Allah)?

I actually thought Biden would be Secretary of State under Obama, so there you go.