Raise The Pie Higher

Tonight there's gonna be a party. You bring the microwave popcorn, I'll bring the diet soda. We'll flip for who has to drive to the store for vodka.

According to CNN, McCain aides admit that Sarah Palin "has spent countless hours, since she was picked, cramming on subjects she's never dealt with, from North Korea to the Mideast. But while the issues are more vast and the stage much larger, the reality is Palin participated in some two dozen debates in Alaska and held her own."

Then they cut to one of those amorphous creatures called a "strategist." This one was named Scott Reed, of the the republican variety, who said, "you people have all fallen for this trick that she's [Palin] not capable of putting two sentences together and I think she's gonna prove that she is."

The scrappy kid from Alaska can hold her own against the grizzled old Biden. She's been cramming on all those hard issues about war and peace and whatnot. She's been training. She's also capable of putting two sentences together! You'll see. The stage is set for a knock-down, drag-out grudge match. Stay tuned.

After eight years of Bush, we're arguing about whether or not a vice presidential pick can put two sentences together. The fact that she probably can is offered as proof that she's competent! And here we are.

I believe I once heard Bush himself say something about "the soft bigotry of low-expectations." I don't think this is what he meant, but give credit where credit is due.