Horrorshow

K:

I don't know what the conventioneers fear, but I fear history. One of these two candidates will have to condescend to be vp. Neither has any reason to assume the position. The other day, Brian Williams was on Letterman. Dave asked something like: "These people hate each other, I mean revile. So how do you work with a person after that?" And Williams brought up Kennedy-Johnson. And we know how that ticket turned out.

Next prediction: in the event of an Obama-Clinton ticket, wait for Obama to be assassinated. Maybe in a plane crash.

I'm still pissed about Paul Wellstone.

The 1960 scenario is pret-a-porter...where are my diacritics...Young, inspirational minority liberal, with religion problems, reliant on Chicago power brokers meets middle-aged cloakroom operator. Needs the so-called hand of wisdom in the general, needs to tack to the right, needs delegates.

Clinton, as Johnson was, will be pissed at having nothing to do. And she's not as good at entertaining herself as Lyndon was: no ranch, no booze, no baseball, no pissing in the House parking lot. Who's wearing a pantsuit at 3 AM? HRC's wearing a pantsuit at 3 AM. Like Batman. Johnson's motivating force was the knowledge that men in his family tended to die young. He had a heart attack during his first Senate campaign. Father, grandfather and uncle died of heart disease in their 50s. If Clinton feels like the clock is ticking, if she can't wait out the next eight years...

In effect, the death-threat scenario is a pretty good argument for Clinton-Obama. Make sure she's not stifled by the two-hole. And since I don't trust her to reverse the arrogation of power to the executive wrought in the Bush years, I'm begging for Gore-Obama. We'll see...

Next? PA polling, futures, Pylon, Delta 5, the Yoo torture memo (latest disavowal: "it's boilerplate"!), and does anybody else want a Gore candidacy? Also, what does Al weigh now?