VP timing: Last Chance to Beat the Olympics!

Will either McCain or Obama announce his running mate this week?

** UPDATE:  Obama is taking vacation the week I suggested that he’ll announce his VP.  So, uh … maybe look for McCain to announce Aug. 11-15 **
It looks like the candidates are playing a game of VP chicken: neither one wants to announce too [...]

32 Years of Bush-Clinton (and Jenner)

As has often been noted (in reference to the candidacy of Hillary Clinton), 1976 was the last Presidential election without a Bush or a Clinton on a party’s ticket. That means you have to be at least FIFTY years old to have had a choice that doesn’t include one of those two families. 1976 [...]