Sen. John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin lately have begun offering a new refrain aimed at countering those who dare to question Palin’s readiness to serve as president, should the situation so require. It goes something like this: Those who question her readiness simply have never met her. Interesting argument, considering that Palin has never met Obama. Yet since the day she was tapped she has gone into full pit-bull mode in viciously attacking both his professional as well as personal qualifications. By her own logic, maybe she should just meet him and she would feel differently.

Sen. Barack Obama added two prominent endorsements to his quiver over the weekend — both of which cited his opponent’s poor judgment in choosing a running mate and at least one of which should cause even earnest skeptics to pay the Democratic candidate a second look.