George Mcgovern

The agonies of Sarah Palin — from pick to Couric — have only heightened concerns about John McCain’s life expectancy. The so-called Eagleton Scenario — dropping Palin from the GOP ticket — would be a balm for those fears and could be one debate away. If the second slot reopens, veepstakes runner-up Tim Pawlenty is waiting in the wings, in Europe of all places, with freshly-burnished foreign policy experience.

This weekend the Democratic National Committee’s rules committee meets to decide whether to seat the disputed delegations from Michigan and Florida at the national convention. It seems natural enough now, but the idea of the national party making rulings on how states pick delegates was novel 40 years ago. In the wake of the 1968 [...]