There’s been a whole hullabaloo about Mr. McCain choosing a woman, Sarah Palin, as his VP, and yes, this would be impressive if it weren’t a transparently political maneuver. McCain has repeatedly shut down women’s rights efforts. He voted against birth control coverage by health insurance companies, against sex ed for teenagers in 2006, and has...

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Ever since Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, all everyone has been wondering is when he will announce his running mate.

Will it be today? Tomorrow? Five minutes from now? No one knows for sure, but the announcement is expected very, very soon.

Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times reports:

In the run-up to the Democratic conven...

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