I just want to say, in the spirit of Rush Limbaugh’s audience, ditto. Ditto. The pros of Sarah heavily outweigh the cons. (By the way, here was my initial take, August 29 — I mean, here. My concerns were not substantive but electoral. And that is still true, though those concerns are greatly diminished.) McCain was right. I don’t know whether he was mainly lucky or mainly sage. Either way: He was right. In fact — speaking of Rush — the name “McBrilliant” comes to mind. Or at least “McDamnGood.”

For days, I’ve been saying, of the Palin pick, “It is an intelligent gamble. I don’t know whether it will work. But it’s not stupid.” Increasingly, it seems a very, very intelligent gamble.

One more word: In a veep candidate, you couldn’t have everything. Otherwise, there would have been an obvious choice. There wasn’t. Always, there were tradeoffs — everyone had a downside and an up. You were bound to gamble a bit.

Maybe McCain should be spending this period at the tables in Vegas?