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Another Biden Point
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] My column today is on the selection of Biden as Obama's veep. I know it seems dated because of the convention and all that. But the thing is it only happened on Saturday. While I don't get into it in the column, I think the Obama campaign is very fortunate that they were able to change the subject so quickly from their VP pick. I think if they'd done it a week earlier it would have been torn apart. I also think they benefit mightily from the fact that the DC press corps personally likes Biden so much. We've heard Brit Hume, Chris Wallace and Fred Barnes all speak favorably ...

Who Mourns for Obama?
Varifrank — ... going to be a Greek Temple for the unveiling of Obama. This naturally makes me think of the 1967 classic Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?" Apollo: I would have cherished you, cared for you. I would have loved you as a father loves his children. Did I ask so much? Capt. Kirk: We've outgrown you. You asked for something we can no longer give. Of course, only myself and Jonah Goldberg will make this connection.

Experience & Change...
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] I think Ramesh and Jay make perfectly legitimate points about Palin's downsides. But what I find a bit vexing as I listen to CNN etc on XM (we're now in North Dakota heading for lunch in Bismarck en route to Fargo), is how seriously many commentators are taking the contradictions inherent to McCain's pick while they simply shrugged off the similar contradictions in Obama's pick of Biden . Obama insisted that experience didn't matter, then he picked someone solely on the basis of experience. Moreover Obama insisted for over a year that his opposition to the war proved he was ...