I'm flattered, Fox. I think that with my personality, though, I'd be a Cheneyesque VP, at least so far as remaining in an "undisclosed location" goes, writing words for other people to speak. Your qualification "and deliver it in public speeches" is good, because I hate public speaking.

I was glad to see Lieberman beaten in CT. The Right, as usual, doesn't get it: It's the opposite of disarray, it means that the Democratic Party is reforming and reawakening, and appeasers like Lieberman have no place in the Party. I heard Jilted Joe comment to the effect that as an independent he can reach the entire population of the state. Given that the Democrats rejected him, he obviously means that he expects the Republican Connecticuticles to elect him. The bastard should have run as a Republican, then, if he had any real integrity. Imagine, the guy expects that if elected as an independent, he'll still join the Democratic Caucus and enjoy the benefits of the Democratic apparatus in Congress! What a weenie.

The big problem with the surviving Democrats in Congress is that after six years on the plantation, they're whipped dogs, craven wretches who've learned to hold on to their offices by genuflecting to The Republican Man and groveling for leftovers. I wish there were a way to elect all-new Democrats to Congress, but given the crucial role of incumbency, that's just a dream. We'll have to make do with a Democratic Congress made up of former slaves, and hope that they'll quickly remember where they stashed their spines. I think seeing the fate of Liebermann may jog a few memories.

As for McCain, his stock with me is in a longterm decline. Looking back, I think my enthusiasm for him was a matter of contrast with the extremists in his Party--McCain is the absent toothache of Republicanism. That's not enough, and some of his positions are reprehensibly Right. I'm sure I'm not the only lukewarm McCain supporter who's rapidly cooling off, especially after seeing him pander shamelessly to the religious Right. He may be less of a whore than the average Republican politician, but he's still a whore.