Weekend Update - August 23rd

• And so Obama picks the best man, Joe Biden, for his Vice-Presidential running mate. Bill Nichols from Politico.com explains why he too thinks Biden is the best pick.


• "Like baseball players, political people are superstitious. In the Democratic imagination, August is the month when Republican presidential candidates destroy their opponents with clever, underhanded attacks that meet with ineffectual responses." E.J. Dionne assures us that the worst of August is over.


• I'm not quite sure what to make of this website, but it's interesting: VietNam Veterans Against John "Songbird" McCain.


• How many houses do YOU have? And he calls Barak Obama an elitist. A nine-car motorcade took McCain to a nearby Starbucks early yesterday morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. Nine cars? By the way, at last count McCain owns 10 houses.


• We've been highly suspicious of those T. Boone Pickens' so-called "Clean Energy Plan" that have been running for several weeks on the TV. Come to find out we had every reason to be suspicious.


• Phillip Butler says "I spent years as a POW with John McCain, and his finger should not be near the red button."


• Russia and Georgia clash, Conservatives start rattling sabers, the Cold War is dusted off, and yep, you guessed it: There's MONEY to be made here!