RNC things that make you go Hmmmm

A day after Sarah Palin ridicules Obama and glides past her own hard-right positions, how can John McCain credibly say that the time has come to move past partisan politics?

Speaking of Palin: the prevailing meme among critics when a strong woman happens to be a Democrat is that, at minimum, she's some kind of uppity bitch. So how comen when the woman is a Republican, her putative strength is celebrated?

McCain's military service, particularly his experience as a POW, is unimpeachable. Yet isn't there some irony in how some of the same GOP supporters who now trumpet his military credentials had no problem with the slimy effort that transformed John Kerry from war hero to wuss?

After McCain's halting delivery last night, it's clear that Palin is vastly superior in the public-speaking department. But after George W. Bush won plaudits as the kind of guy with whom you'd want to have a beer, is America going to move a bit beyond personality-based politics?