In a tough year like this, Democrats could probably have defeated Republican John McCain with a flawed, but seasoned candidate like Hillary Clinton. But long-suffering liberals convinced their party to go with a messiah rather than a dependable nominee — and thereby they probably will get neither.

Barack Obama and John McCain are running neck and neck. Impossible?

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Bottom line: Send McCain to Brownsville & hurricane-ravaged areas as soon as it’s safe. Mingle with relief workers and those affected by the storm. That will get him back in the media spotlight, and make a contrast with Obama oversease, doing… whatever he’s doing.

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Obama needs a “McCain” as his VP: Someone with a lengthy resume, fairly vanilla, foreign policy expertise.

McCain needs an “Obama” as his VP: Someone perhaps short on experience, yet with a “WOW” effect. Someone the media will cover wall-to-wall.

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Texas Rep. Chet Edwards, endorsed for the Democratic vice presidential nod by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and veep-vetter cousin Patrick J. Kennedy, won’t say whether he has had talks with Barack Obama’s camp about the job.

“I wish I could say more,” he said after referring questions about the vice presidency to the Obama campaign in a manner similar to the demurral offered by Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

Edwards holds a special, symbolic appeal to Democrats, as he represents George W. Bush’s Crawford ranch in Congress. He could complement Obama in a number of important ways and reinforce his appeal in others.

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Barack Obama logged exactly 143 days of experience in the U.S. Senate before setting his sights on winning the White House.

Obama was sworn in as a senator on Jan. 4, 2005, and he announced that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee on Jan. 16, 2007. In that interval, the Senate was in session and working for 143 days, according to GOPUSA’s blog The Loft.

That’s the equivalent of less than 21 seven-day weeks.

“After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be commander in chief, leader of the free world, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan,” Cheri Jacobus writes on the blog.

In contrast, presidential rival John McCain’s resume includes 26 years in Congress and 22 years of military service, including his 1,966 days as a POW in Vietnam.