You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

First of all, I think CNN.com made an unfortunate choice of words in their headline "McCain taps Alaska Gov. Palin as vice president pick." Just sayin'.

I'm still catching up on her biography and background, and I can see where McCain might be going with this and how Republicans would be pleased with this choice. But I can't help feeling giddy for Democrats. I know that McCain has given a set of reasons why she is his pick, but his real motive seems so obvious that I can't bring myself to put it into words. And I sincerely hope that none of Hillary's supporters are dumb enough to fall for it, especially when she's anti-choice and she's running alongside a man who is against equal pay for equal work.

Frankly, the thought of this woman being a heartbeat away (and, no offense to McCain, but that's a serious possibility here) from the presidency, not to mention those 3am phone calls, is a bit frightening. It is cracking me up to see the McCain people answering the experience argument. I mean, if we're going to use the less than two years experience she has in executive experience, she's even got McCain beat! And I'm boggling over the Republican strategists expressing confidence in the possibility of her sitting down with world leaders.

I have to say, though, that I am salivating over the upcoming vice presidential debate now. Biden could chew her up and spit her out - I don't know that he will, and I suspect that's at least a small part of the McCain strategy. If Biden is too nice, the Obama campaign looks weak, and if he rips her a new one, it will almost certainly come back to haunt him. But I'm sure he realizes that already.

I'm also looking forward to seeing the SNL impressions of these two campaign teams. I say Kristen Wiig for Palin, y/y? Armisen had better work on his Obama, though, because he is struggling.