This election cycle also shows the foolishness that is the conventional wisdom that the vice presidential candidate is irrelevant, or that the number two on a ticket has little bearing on the outcome.

The McCain campaign is correct in saying that issues won’t matter in this campaign. In fact until Americans are sleeping in the streets issues will not matter to this electorate.

Demos need to look at how they won their last two presidencies – with southern and middle-American governors. While Obama and Biden are both tremendous and would make tremendous presidential leaders, the fear is they will not have the opportunity. We can still lose this, big time.

When I was a baby, (I am told) my mom would suspend my Johnny Jump-Up (if you remember those) in the doorway, put the 45 of “The Alvin Twist” on the turntable with it set to repeat and I would jump up and down happily until they returned from vacation, or finished whatever they were doing, I’m a little fuzzy on the details.

In big bold letters it says on the envelope, “Change Service Requested.”