On McCain's poll bounce after naming Palin as veep...

I've (sort of) promised myself I don't want to write anything that has concerns with Obama, but the latest twist in the campaigning has me very amused, and I feel obliged to put in a word.

Well, where to begin? How about Obama, the supposed "agent of change", losing the mantle of the change agent, after McCain, the maverick in Washington, did the one-up by naming not only a relative newcomer in politics, but a woman, no less, to be on his ticket? That compares to Obama's unimpressive veep pick of long-time Washington insider of Joe Biden.

Palin's clean slate in politics, while still impressive with experience in being a governor, would be a big problem for Obama/Biden campaign, if they are to find faults in order to attack her. Obama would have no right to criticize Palin as (1) he himself has much less experience than her, and (2) attacking Palin would further alienate the women voters behind Clinton that Obama has been so desperately trying to woo. Palin's humble upbringing and rise to power also appeal to the working class voters too, another achilles' heels of Obama.

McCain's naming of Palin as veep is brilliant. It's amusing to see how Obama camp squirms and tries to wriggle some room to attack. After all, would you rather have the experienced guy as the chief, and the newcomer as sidekick? That would be a most logical choice, wouldn't it?! But the Obama/Biden ticket completely reverses that logic. Obama would have us believe that it's better to have the guy who knows nothing much really, to be the chief; and have himself be propped up by experienced hands like Biden. It's just plain ridiculous.

So, it comes as no surprise at all, that while there's no obvious bounce in poll for Obama after his yet another big rah-rah speech at the DNC in front of 70,000 props or his high-profile celebrity-circuit tour overseas, but McCain gets notable bounce in polls after naming Palin, even though the RNC convention was interrupted by Hurricane Gustav?

It's also worth noting that Clinton has refused to Palin, a fellow pioneer in being the first woman on a GOP ticket. At least, that shows Clinton has her conscience with her.

Ok - no more Obama in my journal. I'm sick of this guy, to the bone.