Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

John McCain chose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential pick. What you need to know about her is that she is a woman. She has been governor for less than two years. Prior to that she was mayor of a town in Alaska of less than 10,000 people.
A candidate who is running on [...]

"In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black [...]

Michelle Obama spoke tonight at the Democratic National Convention. Convention speeches do not get much better than this. Listen to the whole speech.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." - Edward Kennedy, 1980 Democratic National Convention

The presidential ambitions of Edward Kennedy, the last surviving son of Joe Kennedy, died on the floor of the 1980 Democratic National Convention. [...]

The Associated Press just confirmed that Barack Obama has picked Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware as his running mate. It is a good choice.
From the AP:

The Associated Press has learned that Delaware Senator Joe Biden is Barack Obama’s choice to be his vice presidential running mate.
Biden, who has served in the Senate since being elected [...]