An e-mail:

K-Lo, Seriously I’m trying to get excited about McCain. The prospects of Barack are truly horrifying and I will certainly vote against him. The nod on judges… is very welcome. Putting the Huck on the ticket would, however, for reasons of which you are well aware, would be a colossal mistake. More importantly, while the choice would be horrendous on its own merits it would also signal a lack of political instinct on the part of McCain which would be bode particularly ill for his campaign. He’s going to have to get a much better grip of the political currents and practicalities, suck up his caprices and pick a Veep such as Romney (as you suggested and I enthusiastically agree for the reasons I wrote in an earlier e-mail) and have the nimbleness and discipline to portray Barack for what he is – the most leftwing candidate since McGovern. (No McCain will not win 49 or probably even 30 states if he does this successfully, but he should be able to win the 27 or 28 that would be needed to get over 270. Long sigh., Perturbed in NYC