Boy, you really have to think that the Dems would like to have a do-over. They will be wondering for years how they managed to screw up this election so royally. The answer is their identity politics, and arrogance. But that’s not the lesson they’ll take. Which is fine with me.

[Update a couple minutes later]

A good point over at The Corner. This won’t just help with women–it will help with men. Who would you rather look at for four years: Joe Biden, or Sarah Palin?

[Update a while later]

Not that they’ve been high, but watch Bob Barr’s poll numbers drop. McCain just brought a lot of libertarian Republican home, judging from what I read at Free Republic. Hell, I might even vote for him now.

[Update a little later]

A prediction. Sarah Palin, not Hillary Clinton, will be the first woman president. And the first black president will be a Republican as well (of course, I’ve always thought that the first black and women presidents would be Republicans).

We’ll see if Governor Palin can close the deal with the PUMAs (assuming that the rumor is true–she’s reportedly still in Alaska, with no way to get to Dayton by 11 AM–could be another head fake).

People will say that she’s not ready to be CinC. Well, she’s only running for Vice CinC. And she’s at least as ready (with actual executive experience) as the Democrats’ nominee.

[Update a while later]

It’s looking more certain now, but we won’t know for sure for another half hour or so. I wonder if she’ll take Senator McCain on a tour of ANWR?

Bob Beckel looked very depressed on Fox and Friends this morning. He knows how badly the Donkeys screwed up a free lunch this year, even if many others are in denial.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Carl Cameron is reporting that it’s official.

I’m watching the Tavis Smiley show on KCET before I go to bed on the west coast. He has Julianne Malveaux and Cornell West on, whining that “brother” (and they used that word many times) Obama’s speech was too white.

Here is an interesting poll.

I’d have to go with Reagan (as long as it was the pre-Alzheimers version). Not that there’s much to choose from. Second place would probably be Ike.

But it’s hard to take presidents out of their historical milieu and have a good idea how they’d respond. For instance, what if we’d had a Reagan with a Newt-led Republican Congress? We’ll never know.

[Later afternoon update]

I just went and actually took the poll. Reagan first, Ike a distant second, with everyone else in the noise. I always get suspicious when large numbers of people agree with me. It’s so rare…

They really are setting up a replica of a Greek temple from which The One will give his speech tomorrow. I’ve heard the excuse that they’re just trying to make it like the White House (as though that’s a good excuse…one more time–you’re not president yet). But even if true, it doesn’t fly. Yes, the White House is of Palladian style, but it’s neoclassical, and only the porticos have columns. It looks more like the Parthenon (at least as far as one can tell from the grainy camera photo).

And you know who lives in Greek temples?

Gods.

It will be amusing to see what the McCain campaign does with this one.

[Update a few minutes later]

It’s already started. The Temple of Obama.

[Update a few minutes later]

Here’s another one, from Pethokoukis–Illinois Obama and the Temple of Gloom

[One more, late afternoon PDT]

The Temple of Obama.