Come see who wins the $5,000 prize money.

Everybody's favorite Dominionist anti-choice scandal-plagued governor is at it again, this time in an effort to obstruct justice. Guess what? The McCain campaign's helping her try to stonewall. Shades of Richard M. Nixon.

With a 58% favorability rating, she's also now more popular than Obama or McCain (both at 57%) and Biden (48%). I stand by my assertion that anyone who watched her speech and concluded that she would not be a formidable opponent is engaging in wishful thinking.

That stampeding sound you heard last night at the Republican National Convention? That was the sound of conservatives running away from their own record.

Okay, stop me if you've heard this before: High-ranking government official abuses their power to put a dedicated public servant out of a job, then hides behind the stone wall of omerta to ride out the subsequent investigation. Yes, that would be Sarah Palin, totally justifying John McCain's faith in her ability to be an effective Republican vice president. It started out simply enough:

Pollsters and pundits are feverishly trying to discern whether McCain's choice of VP helps his campaign get in gear after a sluggish summer. The bigger story, IMHO, is not its effect on the presidential race, but the downticket races for US House seats and state governorships.

Say what you will, the angry broads who refused to vote for anyone until they were appeased managed to do what the blogosphere couldn't -- they brought their issues front and center in this campaign, and to the victor go the spoils. Those who signed themselves over early can look forward to being Sistah Souljah'd as the campaign goes forward, but with the female vote in play the Republicans coughed up Palin as a VP candidate and the Obama campaign is now taking a stronger pro-choice stance in swing states than we've ever heard a Democratic presidential candidate dare before.

Last week, I had pointed out the high-profile role played by Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher in the raids being staged on various St. Paul and Minneapolis homes and buildings prior to the start of the Republican National Convention. Today, I got two other reminders of the role he played – and how his actions have besmirched the good name of my home town.

John McCain has been a selfless patriot his entire adult life. Now it's payback time.

Seeking to lock up her states exceedingly valuable three electoral votes, Sarah the Obama Slayer has been dispatched back to Alaska as sort of a "fuck you, come and get me" to the national press. If one were cynical (which I am) one might think (and I do) that the Republicans are hiding Caribou Barbie away from America since that first dinner date went so well and they don't won't anyone to see the fundamentalist/creationist/extremist spinach stuck in her teeth.