The 10% Solution

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes

The Cubs hadn't been shut out in a while. And for a team that gets held to zero offensive output every 10 outings, they were due in their 82nd outing for their 8th such futile attempt.

Ben Sheets supplied the fuel. The Cubs supplied a lot of whiffs.

The answer remains in upgrading their offense.

Winning and Losing

Wanna know why picking John Edwards is a good VP pick for John Kerry and why it's a terrible pick? Well, the reason it's great is that Edwards can smoke both of George Bush, Dick Cheney in a debate. His well honed trial lawyer skills can make mince meat of the two of them.

Why is it a bad pick? Because Edwards can smoke Kerry in a debate, too. Edwards will remind everyone one what Kerry is not: Young. Good looking. Exciting. A great speaker. Connected to the common man.

This is a huge move for Edwards. He becomes the defacto alternative to Hillary Clinton in 2008 or the sitting VP in 2012.

But I'm at the same place I was in most elections. Wishign that the VP candidate would be the presidental candidate. Lloyd Bensten, Dick Cheney, Joe Lieberman, Jack Kemp, Dan Quayle.

OK. Not Quayle. How the hell did THAT guy get to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?