Everyone knows that Senator McCain treasures his maverick status. Because of that, I believe that there were only two names he ever seriously considered for Vice President, Senator Lieberman and Governor Palin. And I have to say that I assumed that, given two alternatives, he would always choose the alternative that annoys conservatives the most.

But he didn’t do that here. Instead, he’s energized us, and given us hope for the future of the party. Or at least I feel that way today. I apologize to Senator McCain for my assumption. It has proven unfounded.

Also, to whoever is filling the Karl Rove role in McCain’s campaign I also have to say “Well Done”. Prior to this the campaign seemed floundering to me, but in the last month or so the ads have been spot on and quick in response, and the strategery has been absolutely brilliant.

I’m really surprised that I’m doing this, because I didn’t think there was anything that he could do to cause this, but a donation to the RNC is going out today.

This came out Monday, but I didn’t notice it until today, and a quick search didn’t find anyone else covering it. The Pocono Record went to the NASCAR race there last weekend and asked 206 race attendees about their voting plans. The breakdown of the results were as follows:

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Normally I wouldn’t post a book review of a fiction book on RedState, but bear with me here. It is topical. Some of you here, whom I’ve argued with repeatedly, know that I was one of the last people to get on, albeit very grudgingly, the McCain bandwagon. And I’m still furious about having to make the choice between a socialist and someone that a different socialist four years ago thought would make a pretty good running mate. So I understand about all those still on the fence. Believe me, I understand. But for those on the fence who enjoy military fiction, I believe this book is a powerful argument to push them off of it.

John Ringo is probably best known for his military science fiction, but he’s also written a bit of fantasy. From his bio, he served in the 82nd Airborne. Having read most of his stuff, I can tell you that he’s one of us. The Last Centurion is set about ten years in the future. It’s set in the second half of a very thinly disguised Hillary Clinton administration. And while it is ostensibly about the adventures of a single company that gets stuck in the Middle East during a worldwide disaster, what it’s really about is a believable set of responses to that disaster from the US government at the time.

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