VOTE: David Letterman or All of the American Media Pundits Combined?

David Letterman did something brilliant tonight: he actually asked hard-hitting questions of John McCain, even invoking McCain's relationship with G. Gordon Liddy. Now, don't you wish *any* of the major interviewers had done that? How did that slip by Gwen Ifill? She's no slouch.

McCain looked flustered, whiny, defensive about Sarah Palin. I'm sorry Mac, but having a VP whose credentials include having "served on the PTA" as one of her major qualifications does not inspire confidence.

And Letterman's crack about ObL--"Sure, 8 years later, let's go get him!" really made McCain trip up, because he almost missed it, and then didn't know how to respond.

The irony of all this is that the McPalin ticket talks about change even more than Senator Obama does. And that's an excellent strategy: rob the opponent of their most powerful weapon by co-opting it yourself. Excellent.

But it's the kind of thing that accrues some really bad Karma.

I vote that David Letterman conduct all presidential debates from now on. What do you think?

Here's the YouTube clip:

VOTE: NaNoWriMo for DinerGirl?

OK, since I can't make a decision about whether or not to do NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) I hereby allow *you all* to make the decision for me. Because I'm a push-over. So, vote here for DinerGirl's NaNoWriMo, and I'll let you know what the verdict is on October 31. Vote early and often by leaving a comment below!