Latest VP Buzz: O's pick will be connected to convention day's theme -see inside

[Mr. Morden]

There's nothing unusual about the the VP nominee speaking on Wednesday.  That's when they *normally* speak, at least in recent years.  Both Edwards and Cheney spoke at their respective 2004 conventions on Wednesday.

[Mr. Morden]

There's nothing unusual about the the VP nominee speaking on Wednesday.  That's when they *normally* speak, at least in recent years.  Both Edwards and Cheney spoke at their respective 2004 conventions on Wednesday.

Um?

The point isn't that "Wednesday" means anything in and of itself, but rather that the theme for Wednesday is "national security/veterans affairs" and having someone with no experience on either of those issues would create a horrible mismatch.  Sebelius indicated that the VP pick would have something to do with that theme.

The article makes statements like "There must be a reason for the VP candidate speaking on Wednesday" as if that's a big mystery.  There is no mystery.  Wednesday is the normal day for the VP nominee to speak.  We already could have guessed that the VP nominee will speak that day.  We also already knew what Wednesday's theme was.  That was the source of the Clark buzz.

[Mr. Morden]

Another reason why I wouldn't take too much from this: The VP nominee's speech is always somewhat wide-ranging, and not limited to any one particular topic.  So OK, maybe because it happens to land on this day when there's this security theme, his or her speech will include slightly more emphasis on security issues than it otherwise would.  That doesn't automatically mean it's going to be someone like Joe Biden.  Any candidate for VPOTUS is going to have to talk about all national issues, including foreign policy, even if that person is a foreign policy neophyte, like Kaine.