1. Obama is not only an empty suit, but even the suit itself is made from organic, gravitas free materials. It's like the Emperor's New Clothes in reverse. No one wants to be stupid and admit that there's nothing in the suit, because that would be admitting that you're just now figuring there's never been anything in the suit.
(Obama's running mate is actually made from a compressed form of gas, known as Hotairium. When in proximity to a microphone, this strange creature emits a series of gaffes and lectures, often recycled from the environment it has already passed through. It has no known leadership attributes, but moderate comedy value.)
2. McCain and Palin are interesting, accomplished people. For whatever their flaws, and they have flaws, those flaws exist because there is some substance there to be imperfect. There's quite simply no *substance* at all to the other ticket. Nothing. Nothing but contrived speech and lofty words.
You can't be something with nothing, folks. There is *nothing* holding the Democratic ticket together, other than the swirling fumes of Bush hatred. The problem, of course, is that Bush isn't on the ticket, and pretending he is won't work.
Voters, now facing a real choice, and their desire to be rid of President Bush no longer blinding them, can increasingly see clearly what two options they have: A reasonable amount of reform, or nothing but talk.
What would you pick?