Kicking this to the top, because the talking heads are really focusing on Palin, and saying it is going to be her

Fox News says they got official confirmation of the pick. Could someone tell Carl Cameron at Fox that her name is Sarah, not Susan, please?

Wow, just think about this. The day after The Speech, McCain will be completely stealing Barry’s thunder over Labor Day Weekend, with the second ever pick of a woman on the ticket.

Won’t this look great? (via Michelle M)

Barry chose a massive Washington insider, Maverick picks someone who couldn’t be farther from Washington. Who’s changing now, Barry?

Interestingly, there is a reprint of an op-ed at the official John McCain for President site, John McCain is The Right Choice for Women. Serendipidy?

Also, parts of his site are hosed, looks like they are about to change part of the top part!

All the talking heads are saying that Sarah Palin has jumped up into the mix. Oh please oh please let it be Sarah.

And if it is, it will be truly humorous if the Dems say “y’all neocons have been complaining that Barack The Chosen One is too inexperienced, and now McCain picks Palin. See!”

Of course, Palin would be the VP pick, there to help and learn, not the person running for POTUS, who has to pick a guy who said that Barry was not qualified to be president to get some experience on the ticket. And she has still done more then Barack during her short time in office. Check out the Wikipedia entry. It is a pretty good one, and she has a pretty good story herself, which does not include consistently hanging around racists, unrepentant terrorists, and die-hard Marxists.

Obligatory Biden’s Barry’s Bitch Vice Presidential pick. Even the New York Times couldn’t get excited, particularly at 3am, several hours after all the Obama supporters were informed by the TV news, and could finally walk away from their phones and take a shower and get something to eat

Senator Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware to be his running mate, turning to a leading authority on foreign policy and a longtime Washington hand to fill out the Democratic ticket, Mr. Obama announced in text and e-mail messages early Saturday.

Mr. Obama’s selection ended a two-month search that was conducted almost entirely in secret. It reflected a critical strategic choice by Mr. Obama: To go with a running mate who could reassure voters about gaps in his résumé, rather than to pick someone who could deliver a state or reinforce Mr. Obama’s message of change.

Right

Real change with a guy who has been in the Senate for well over 30 years. Change. Hope. A guy who has repeatedly stated that Obama is not qualified to be president

Today, McCain spokesman Ben Porritt issued the following statement on Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate:

“There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama’s lack of experience than Joe Biden. Biden has denounced Barack Obama’s poor foreign policy judgment and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be President.”

Let’s go to the video tape

Ouch.

Let’s check a few of the DUmmies, shall we?

• Actually it’s a horrible choice. But I’ll still vote for that ticket. Biden will hurt us, not help us.
• Blame secret service to blow it not the campaign. (no, seriously, this DUmmy just blamed the USSS)
• Indeed. Valerie Plame said the Bush Admin can’t keep a secret!! (managed to drag BDS in)
• I checked. It’s really too bad. I thought he’d pick someone better. Oh well. They still get my vote because the alternative is a guaranteed World War III.
• now that the internet creators of the obama product have all those email addresses how soon do you think they’ll be sending campaign donation solicitation messages? All hose addresses will go into Democratic party lists……I wonder if they’ll be available to marketers? If they’re part of a political campaign are they public property now? (aha! someone gets the point of the phone list)
• f*ck I’m drunk. maybe I will wake up tomorrow and the Biden part will be gone.
• I’M MAD If Biden is the VP then i would have wanted Obama to send me a text earlier today before the crazed media got hold of this information. I can see it now, me holding up a newspaper tomorrow morning saying “BIDEN FOR VP!” while I get my text message at 10am saying the same thing. This would make me mad at Obama b/e it makes this text out the VP seen like a scam just to get my number. (then again, when is a DUmmy not mad?)
• Obama chooses Mr. Screw the People for VP, Corporate Lackey Joe Biden stands in the wings, Hillary in pants. I might be wrong and what America really needs is someone knows how to kneel and tongue banker booty.

And these were not even the bad ones. Mostly, they are pissed off about not getting their texts ahead of the announcement. Quite a few of them feel taken, denied by the Messiah. But, no worries, as I am sure the Neophyte/Long Time Washington Insider ticket will be sending plenty of text messages asking for money.

One more?

DainBramaged - Unite under Obama/Biden or get on the mothership and leave.

No more bitching and moaning, he IS our VP Candidate.

THAT is all.

Progressive version of free speech.

Anyhow, see a ton more at Memeorandum.

My 1.4 cents: the pick of Biden will, at best, have no impact for Barry. Sure, he provides some experience in government, something Barry is sorely lacking in, but, he didn’t do that well in the Primaries. And, with all due respect to Delaware, there isn’t a whole lot in Delaware. It won’t help Barry with the South.

This pick can hurt Obama. If he is lucky, just a little bit. Biden loves to put his foot in his mouth, though. And there are many, many comments by Joe dismissing Obama, both generally and specifically, as unqualified to be president which Camp McCain can take advantage of.

Pop this in VP Watch

The McCain campaign is vetting Rep. Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.) as a potential vice-presidential candidate, a campaign adviser told Politico on Saturday.

 Cantor, 45, has provided records to the running-mate search team of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the adviser said.

With a Southern lilt and that belies his talent for raw politics, Cantor is one of the nation’s most prominent Jewish Republicans, and has impressed the McCain team by becoming a prolific fund-raiser for the campaign.

A young fiscal conservative who could help keep Virginia from tipping blue, Cantor could also be an asset in such battlegrounds as Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. He has shown appeal to the party’s base as well as to independents, and would be an unconventional choice at a time when McCain is looking to add excitement to his campaign.

We shall see.

From Wizbang

 A tipster sent us word that John McCain’s VP advance man Arthur Culvahousehas been spotted in Juneau, Alaska. There’s only one reason he would be there - to meet with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about the Vice President position.

Both Kevin and Allahpundit think she would make a pretty good candidate. Add me to that list. Though she has a short track record as Alaska’s governor, heck, a short track record period, she has the highest approval ratings of any governor serving today, sitting in the 80’s, she favors drilling and pumping in Alaska, she is pro-life (not that that is a huge issue with me. For others, it is), for the death penalty, supports the 2nd Amendment, is for lowering taxes (she despises “nuisance” taxes), and, though she is an environmentalist (as am I), she has the gumption to stand up to the enviro-wacko’s.

She is also, unfortunately, a believer in global warming ala McCain. Oh, well, can’t agree with everyone 100%.

On an electability note, she is young, pretty, and female. That might seem rather misogynist and obnoxious, but, remember, this is politics. Things like that matter. It helps the ticket. Politics can be an ugly game. If McCain picks Mitt Romney, you know that part of that will be based on Mitt’s looks and vigor. And hair, can’t forget the hair!

Other’s: Suitably Flip, Stop The ACLU, Respublica

CQ Politics has Round 2 of VP Madness up–you’ve got until Monday to get your picks in. Here’s how it looks after Round One:

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Can’t say I agree with ALL of those picks, but whatever.

From Congressional Quarterly, vice-presidential pick brackets for politics geeks!

Who should be John McCain’s running mate? In our own version of the March Madness brackets, our team of political experts selected 32 possible nominees. We took into account many of the factors McCain will likely consider, such as national prominence, geographical and ideological balance, fundraising prowess, political strengths and fatal flaws. Now it’s up to you to decide who will advance to face each other in the next round. The winner will be revealed May 22. You’ll have a chance to weigh in on the Democratic ticket once the nominee is set.

Click to fill out a bracket, and you can also see how they came up with the picks (video).

UPDATE: If you can’t get enough of the speculation about McCain’s VP pick (which I can’t imagine will come before the Dems pick theirs), you can follow all the buzz at VP Watch, a blog run by the Club for Growth. Here’s a VP poll at ABC News found at VP Watch.