Well, let me hand it to the McCain campaign.  Everyone is so tight-lipped that the attention of the press seems to be completely on who McCain has picked and no one, no one is talking about the coronation last night.

As of 8:19 CDT, Pawlenty and Romney are out.  Wild speculation about Sarah Palin, who is the antithesis of pretty much everything the Obama-Biden ticket represents.  Young and super conservative: very impressive on paper and about as far "outside Washington" as you can get.  It's 4 a.m. in Alaska, and no one is doing a bed check looking for the Governor.

Compared to Palin, Tom Ridge, who hasn't been ruled out, looks like such a boring, stale choice with the added benefit of alienating the values voters.  He was in Washington early, early this morning.

Meg Whitman: pure disinformation.  She almost has too much experience in the wrong area.  Maybe Secretary of Commerce? 

Joe Lieberman: no sightings of him this morning to confirm his whereabouts, either.  Please, someone tell me he's in Miami.