The Great Debate: This weekend’s debate between Prez candidates Barack Obama and John McCain at Orange County’s Saddleback Church has been making the news—mostly because by all accounts, McCain kicked Obama’s ass. Of course, McCain, even as a “fake” Republican, had the advantage in a debate where the setting is a church, which tends to draw a more conservative crowd. But still, the Los Angeles Times’ description of the debate, moderated by Pastor Rick Warren, should send chills throughout the Obamamaniacs who believe the Chosen One should be moonwalking to the White House. Obama is dubbed, “analytical and nuanced,” says the Times, which is newspaperspeak for “he’s f9%cked in the debates!” Everyone knows, the average American is too dumb to sit through long, ponderous replies, which is why McCain will do better in the forthcoming debates. McCain, said the Times, “answers the same questions crisply to greater applause.”

The sequel to this story, comes today, as the blogosphere is alight with claims that McCain knew the questions beforehand, even though he was not to hear Obama’s portion. McCain’s teams has responded to this outburst with a wag the dog manuever, pointing fingers and whining that NBC News covers Obama more and it’s so not fair. Politics is fun isn’t it? It’s almost like watching five-year olds in a playground. Except the five-year olds are more mature.

Where’s My Veep At? The Democratic National Convention is a week away and the Republican National Convention is two weeks away, and still no VP announcement has been forthcoming. The Financial Times says that an announcement from Obama might come by Thursday, since announcing the pick over the weekend would be fruitless. Still, the same names are floating around: Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Tim Kaine, and Kathleen Sebelius. Over the weekend, John Kerry was mentioned, which seems absolutely bizarre. For McCain, Tom Ridge and Joe Lieberman still seem to be in the running.

Dems No Angels. Those who were in New York City for the last Republican National Convention have no fondness for those days when 1800 protestors were arrested en masse (1700 were dismissed), ranking as the main black spot in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s two-terms. It seems Denver is prepping for a sequel in reverse. Colorado news channel, 9 News, reports on a “secret jail,” dubbed “Gitmo on the Platte,” that will serve as a holding pen for unruly protestors, which doesn’t really jibe with that hope and change lovey dovey thing does it?