Veepstakes!

Remember when our Vice Presidents were mostly dumb and incompetent rather than diabolical, evil AND incompetent?

This week Obama is going to announce his running mate. There's been much speculation about Bayh, Kaine, and my own Senator Joe. Which would be ironic because Joe got himself in big trouble for his comments that Obama was clean and articulate. But then he also had the best debate zinger saying that all of Giuliani's sentences include a noun, a verb, and 9/11. He also has mad foreign policy skillz. But I'm not a fan of speculation since it is usually just filling air time on 24-hour news shows and all too often includes Chris Matthews. Also, I am not good at it.

But that doesn't mean I won't play the game! And you can play along at home! You may guess up to two possible VPs and if you're correct you will win Barking for Barack swag! If you lose--I'll send you my baby brudder. Haha!

Here are some other guesses so far:

Lenny: Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)! Lenny is making a gutsy pick, perhaps anticipating stealing the thunder from a possible cross-party McCain-Lieberman ticket?

Gus: Janet Napolitano (Governor of AZ--D). Napolitano is a popular guv who is good on economic issues.

Wally T.: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) or Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS)

ETA: J-Ape's Picks: Janet Napolitano and Kathleen Sebelius. He LOVES the ladies!

PS. Bonus! Guess McSame's VP! I say Joe "Benedict Boring Arnold" Lieberman or Tim "Mullet" Pawlenty! But if you pick Dan Quayle, McSame, you will truly be mavericklicious!

But I would like to take this opportunity to plug a running mate for Obama who could bring vim and vigor to the campaign:


Ernest for something!

Forbes magazine is suggesting...Stephen Colbert!

Stephen Colbert, the blowhard host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, has long claimed that an appearance on his show translates to a big boost in popularity for candidates.

It turns out that, for once, he isn't full of it. According to James H. Fowler, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, the Colbert bump is real.

Fowler’s analysis, published by the American Political Science Association, scours campaign contributions and finds that after making an appearance on his show, Democratic politicians benefit from a 40 percent increase in contributions for the next month.

I just tried to check the Colbert Report website to see who is booked for next week but I can't find the list of upcoming guests.

Update: Uh-oh. I just found their upcoming guests and they include Bob Barr and Mike Huckabee-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!