Week in Review...

I've really tried hard not to write this week.

We've had a hurricane, a convention, and Anbar Province was turned over to Iraqi control.

So much to write about, so little time...

In airline news, Jetblue got the honors for flying the newest McCain-Palin campaign plane. It's actually for Palin's use -- McCain is using a 737-400, and this was probably the smallest they could find without upstaging the #1 on the ticket...

And upstaging has been the theme of the week for the McCain camp. Much of the commentary this past week seemed to be comparing Obama's and Palin's relative experience. To be fair, Palin took that particular issue head on in her acceptance speech, and it's definitely having an impact.

Interesting, in that I can't remember anytime where the VP candidate played such a role, aside from Dan Quale in 1988. The criticism of Quale wasn't positive, either, but to those who make the correlary, allow me to remind you which ticket won that year...

As with Bush I, the big criticism over McCain's VP pick is the likelyhood that they'd have to step into the big chair if he dies in office. And yes, it's a serious concern, so the media and the libs are making it a front-burner issue.

Every time someone compares Palin's resume to Obama's, they're underscoring the point that Obama is the least qualified candidate to be nominated in modern history, and even Palin, whose experience is admittedly thin, is more qualified as a chief executive than Obama is.

In a similar vein, Rasmussen released a poll Friday which put Palin's popularity above that of both Obama and McCain.

Interesting effect, eh?

There are still six solid weeks of campaigning to go, so don't expect me to be out here every day debunking criticism, or being a cheerleader. For now, I'll just enjoy the irony of Jetblue (solidly backed by Democrats in the NY delegation) flying around the Republican VP candidate.