MIRACLE WORKER

Posted at 7:55 a.m. ET

We are now into day two of the wanting of Biden.  The national transformation since his selection is truly amazing, isn't it?  Crime is down.  Peace is breaking out.  Women who had trouble conceiving are now pregnant.  It's remarkable what happens when you have an experienced man on the scene.

As a matter of fact, the best for Joe Biden is behind him.  He's been selected.  Now it will be a steady downhill ride into obscurity.  Quick:  Who was John Kerry's v.p. pick in 2004?  Did you take more than three seconds to answer?  It was, of course, John Edwards, family man. 

How should the McCain camp react to the Biden selection?  Ideally, McCain should do something dramatic.  The Obama pick was pedestrian.  It was poll-driven, a bit of a problem for a presidential candidate who says he'll do things in a new way.  Biden's entire reason for being on that ticket is to counter the perception that Obama is weak on foreign policy.  He is weak, and he'll stay that way, Joe or no Joe.  McCain should now try to be the real agent of change, of political revolution.  He should be the man of the future by making an imaginative choice for vice president.  I doubt if he will, but it would certainly electrify things if he did.  Someone out of the blue, preferably a woman.  I say that from a purely political vantage point.  Obama's convention is made no more interesting or exciting because of Biden.  McCain should turn his into a major show, and create a major name.

August 24, 2008.