In this amazing political year, as the Left runs around the country proclaiming Sarah Palin to be unqualified to be Vice President and that John McCain used poor judgment in selecting her, Joe Biden hands the Democrats a huge problem.  

Barack Obama's choice for VP, Joe Biden said yesterday that Hillary might have been a better pick to be Obama's running mate.  This calls into question Obama's judgment on several levels.  One, it's not just Republicans saying this and it's not just any Democrat - it's the Democrat Obama chose to be his running mate!  So for that reason alone we have to question Obama's judgment because Biden himself says maybe he wasn't the best choice.  Second, we have to question Obama's judgment because he chose a running mate who would publicly question his judgment!   In a year when conservative talk show hosts were salivating at the thought of a Biden pick, it can't be said that it was unknown that Biden often says damaging things.  There's a reason he only got 9,000 votes this year.  There's a reason why after two presidential runs he's never been the party's nominee.  Obama had to have known about Biden's debilitating foot-in-mouth disease and despite it, he chose Biden anyway. What kind of judgment does that show? 

Biden said yesterday, "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America.  Let's get that straight.  She's a truly close personal friend.  She is qualified to be president of the United States of America.  She's easily qualified to be the vice president of the United States of America and quite frankly [she] might have been a better pick than me!  But she's first rate."

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Obama Sets Standard that Puts Palin in the Lead

Pay close attention to what Obama said here because in this statement Obama compares the size of his campaign to the small Alaskan town Governor Palin led and suggests that since his campaign has more employees and spends more money that he is then the more experienced and more qualified executive. 

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There's just one small problem here for Obama.  Obama apparently forgot that Governor Palin is also a governor.  And perhaps he didn't know, but the number of state employees Governor Palin leads in Alaska dwarfs anything his campaign could ever hope to hire.  And the Alaska state budget is some 22 times higher than the budget of the Obama campaign.  

Barack Obama has lost 4 points in nightly polling since the Democratic Convention began two nights ago.  It's not my purpose here to follow every up and down of this campaign, or of the news in general, but rather to provide stories that support larger Conservative ideas. But this stunning poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama actually losing ground during the Democratic convention. This is unprecedented in recent history that a major party candidate would lose public approval points during his convention. If this trend continues it could support my view that John McCain may just win in a landslide. 

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Ted Kennedy, just a few moments ago from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, said that when his brother John "thought of going to the moon, he didn't say it's too far, we shouldn't even try.  Our people answered his call and rose to the challenge and today an American flag still marks the surface of the moon."

Ironic isn't it?  Can you imagine if a modern-day Democrat was confronted with the idea of going to the moon.  Their response would be something more like:

-We can't fly our way to the moon
-No amount of effort is going to put a man on the moon THIS year!
-Going to the moon won't put food on the tables of starving babies
-Going to the moon would be a catastrophic waste of fuel
-Going to the moon will leave a huge carbon footprint that would be damaging to the environment

It's ironic that today it's Republicans who want to meet the challenges of tomorrow.  It's Republicans who want to drill for oil and become energy indepedent.  It's Republicans who want to make America a great nation again  It's Democrats who say "no way... it won't do anything to help for at least 10 years, it won't lower the price of oil anytime soon, it would harm the environemnt - we need to get off of oil anyway."

We have the Obama-supporting Teddy Kennedy asking today's Democrats to be more like his brother.  His brother who worked to make America great.  His brother who relished in taking on a new challenge.  His brother who loved America and wanted her to lead the world in every realm.  His brother who wasn't ashamed to lead an America that was powerful and great.  

In essence, we have Ted Kennedy asking his fellow Democrats to be more like Republicans!  Never thought I'd see the day!