One Choice: Obama

     Frank Rich’s column of Oct. 4, “Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain,” has a scary assessment of the dynamics between the GOP candidates.
     Of McCain’s fading star, Rich writes he “is looking increasingly shaky, whether he’s repeating his “Miss Congeniality” joke twice in the same debate or speaking from notecards even when reciting a line for (literally) the 17th time (“The fundamentals of our economy are strong”) or repeatedly confusing proper nouns that begin with S (Sunni, Shia, Sudan, Somalia, Spain).”
     Of Palin’s performances of late, Rich notes “a steady unnerving undertone to Palin’s utterances, a consistent message of hubristic self-confidence and hyper-ambition. She wants to be president, she thinks she can be president, she thinks she will be president. And perhaps soon. She often sounds like someone who sees herself as half-a-heartbeat away from the presidency.”
     As I’ve said over and over, she’s Cheney’s new puppet.
     The point of Rich’s column is that this is essentially an Obama vs. Palin race. And that’s even more frightening.
     When you’re done reading Rich, check out David Rossie’s column Speaking of poison and politics. It’s a wonderful redress of the whiny GOP.