QUOTE OF THE DAY….From Al Hunt, commenting on runaway veep speculation:
Over the past 50 years, 17 men and one woman have been chosen by the major parties to run for the vice presidency of the U.S. Only one — Lyndon Johnson in 1960 — demonstrably affected the outcome of the presidential race.
True enough, but veep speculation is also essentially harmless, which gives it a leg up on lots of other press corps obsessions. Hunt goes on to prove this by….speculating about who McCain and Obama will choose as their vice presidents.
