Hillary played nice. The GOP will not.

OH! It's the "regular guy" schitck...that's what Biden "brings". Went to the market just now and glanced at the LA Times headline - something about "regular Joe" Biden. As the LOS ANGELES TIMES slowly dies, it's whoring for Obama so their headlines are telling. The "regular joe" meme will no doubt be all MSNBC and CNN repeat between now and November.

Mostly Veeps don't matter to voters. Sometimes they do. In 1960 LBJ mattered. In 1988 Quayle did not. My hunch is Biden is one of those Veeps who won't matter. My next hunch is that by October Obama will be severely damaged and Biden will be an after thought.

I don't think the Democratic Convention will produce anything of note this week. Chris Leg Tingle and Keith Kiss Ass may be interesting to watch just to see how far around the bend they go for Obama. I fully expect Olbermann to burst into tears of joy at some point. Otherwise, the whole event will be constructed to make you and me comfortable with handing the keys to a speeding semi to an infant. With the media acting as co-conspirators, BHO will probably pull it off.

I am baffled by the last minute appeals to superdelegates. It's demeaning to ask Clinton supporters to keep hammering our heads against a brick wall.

The one good thing is that the long knives will now come out. Hillary played nice. The GOP will not. The fact is that BHO has been slowly fading since March. He will recover a bit this week.They will pump a little life into the Hope Change crap. (Remember that?) How long it lasts depends on the GOP show next week.

As political junkie I am looking forward to a campaign in which both sides are ruthless. BHO is still at a disadvantage here, though. His baggage is massive, true and NEW to most people. The "fight the smears" web site should be called "fight the facts". McCain's baggage is old and known - like him. McCain is a sonofabitch in a street fight. Obama is a prick. The S.O.B. versus the Prick. It should be fun.

I don't relish another GOP administration. But I do want Obama vetted. Harshly. I want to see the ads Clinton refused to run. With BHO as the actual, not presumptive, nominee there is no reason for the GOP to hold back. Even relatively minor bashing of Obama in the last 2 months has harvested good numbers. A full on assault is brewing. Infanticide, Ayres, and Rezko - oh my.

But don't think for a second BHO's peeps won't respond in kind - they will. Let the games begin.


PS-A few journalists have admitted "it's hard to be objective" since they love BHO so much. The whole truth is "it's hard to be objective, so we weren't."

PPSS- McCain should chose Sarah Palin of Alaska as his VEEP and make a one term commitment right after the GOP convention. He won't do either - but he should.