Addison, on Daniel Casse:

Let me preface this with: I wish Mitt Romney were the Republican Presidential nominee.

That written, it would be an act of mind-boggling asininity for McCain to pick him as a Vice President. The recorded rancor and enmity between those two during the primaries would be used against McCain just as he, McCain, used Senator Biden’s words against Obama, but more so, as the enmity between the two–from what I read–was considerable.

Governor Sarah Palin is a better choice. Even if it is pointed out she has an experience deficit, the question to retort with is, to whom, Senator McCain (naturally, given her age) or Barack Obama? Given the Democrat rules this year, she has more experience to be President that Barack Obama, so I would find it difficult for the Democrat campaign to question her experience when the Republican ticket is the reverse–in experience–of the Democrats.

I don’t know how many women care if a Vice Presidential pick falls in the ‘oh, we both have ovaries, how lovely’ category but having a woman in the Vice Presidential slot would make Mrs. Palin the most powerful woman in US history, but that could get some votes from the Hillary supporters (who must certainly feel a bit scorned right now).