He was great last night, wasn’t he?

I just kept thinking, how is John McCain going to match that?

And you know what else is wonderful? The same night that McCain is giving his speech, the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins start the NFL season. And it’s on NBC. How many folks are going to watch John McCain, never known as a scintillating speaker, and how many folks will watch the Giants serve up the Redskins on a platter?

Oh, and by the way, the Giants kicked the Patriots’ ass [ass? asses?] last night.

Which reminds me that, for Obama, delivering his speech in a football stadium was a masterful bit of stagecraft. He surrounds himself with the trappings of male Americana, and attracts a crowd the size of which McCain couldn’t in three acceptance speeches combined. Now McCain is trying to regain momentum with the announcement of a running mate. But who really cares who John McCain’s running mate is? I didn’t think the Democrats had an exciting bunch of veep candidates, but the Republican possibilities are even less so.

Also, McCain has an appearance problem: He’s old. So if he picks someone old, he looks…old. But if he picks someone young, he looks…old. Hmmm….why not…Joe Lieberman!