One President at a time.

So this past week, Russia exerted cold war-like extensions of its power into the tiny, former part-of-USSR republic of Georgia. McCain immediately began bellicose saber-rattling - as if the U.S. has any available troops to fight off Russia. We are all Georgians!, he proclaimed - as if we have the will to take on Russia over such a country. Sure, it is a terrible thing which Russia has done, and I gather, it could have been foreseen had we not been distracted by the endless Iraqi quagmire. But McCain acted as if he were already President - to a dangerous degree, unlike the photo-op type stuff Obama did on his Middle East-European tour. Many of us are counting down the days, but honestly - George W. Bush is still President and we only have one President at a time. McCain (and weasel surrogate Lieberman) should just shut their mouths if this is all they can come up with.

Obama's restrained response was correct. But there is a growing chorus of voices out there - on his side! - saying he's being too soft, too muted. He needs an attack-dog Veep candidate - maybe it is time for Hillary after all and that is all part of why the Clintons are being given so much time at the convention. But the latest candidate I've heard being tossed to the top of the heap is Joe Biden. I'd be happy with him, if he could only learn to keep his mouth from running on and on, ahead of his obviously good mind.