In a classic "anything you can do, I can do better" stroke of political genius, reportedly John McCain nominated Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. The goal: fighting the allure of a voting for a traditional political minority with a traditional political minority.

You talk about a chess match. Where candidate Barack Obama went for a prolific foreign policy public servant in Sen. Joe Biden, McCain is accompanying his wealth of experience with someone who has next to no experience.

I’m sure some GOP strategist piped up, “Listen, trust me: do this and you’ll win.” And that person is probably right. What better way to diffuse the appeal of the first ever minority candidate than to add a first of your own.

Nevertheless, the tickets are, alas, set. Thankfully, on either side of the VP ticket: no Mitt, no Hillary. I play my political hand so scarcely, but I will make no qualms about those two: both are next level narcissists that would not mesh with the title "second most powerful person in the world." Mercifully I think we all realize that.

Gov. Palin, by all accounts seems to be the Anti-Hillary: diametrically opposed on all issues, family-oriented, and, so far, not unlikable. Also, if I might add—in interest of full disclosure (and I’m not the first to say it)—she is quite attractive. And if you think that doesn’t matter to voters, you’re naïve.

Proof once again that we, some 45 years after The Dream, still judge each other by the most superfluous criterion. But, at least we’re making progress.

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