One month ago a McCain/Romney vs Obama/Clinton presidential race seemed plausible.

Today, this seems less likely.

Mitt Romney seems to believe that the animosity between himself and John McCain is enough to keep him off the Republican presidential ticket. In an interview on WILM-AM he said,

“I think there’s some great people he could choose from and I expect he will do that. But I don’t plan on being part of the ticket.”

Perhaps he is being suave, but I believe he really thinks he will not be chosen.

In addition, the advocacy group established to pressure Barack Obama to pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate has shut down.

“Because it seems that Senator Obama has made his decision to offer the slot on the ticket to another candidate, we believe that continuing to ask him to pick Hillary is no longer helpful to our party’s chances of winning in November,” two former Clinton staffers wrote in an e-mail to the group they started, ‘Vote Both.’

It appears Mitt Romney MAY not be McCain’s running mate and Hillary Clinton WILL NOT be Obama’s running mate.

Hopefully VP announcements will be made in the next week.

John McCain is “in a position to make the decision [about his VP] on short notice if he wanted to.” according to one of McCain’s top advisers, Charles Black.

I’m reading from this that McCain has picked his VP choice, but hasn’t asked him or her to actually be his running mate. But perhaps he’s already asked and is waiting to announce his choice.

There’s a big issue of timing here.

The Olympics start in twelve days (08.08.08). The Democratic Convention starts the day after the Olympics end (08.25.08). The Republican Convention starts four days after the Dems end (09.01.08).

Insiders are saying Barack Obama will announce before the Olympics start, and John McCain will announce soon (maybe before Obama announces).

All-in-all, we don’t really know when either candidate will announce, but it will be sooner rather than later.

All this week I’ll be at The Academy conference, put on by the State Bar of Texas’ Law Related Education department.

After only one lecture I have SEVERAL blog ideas that I will be posting about soon.

• Changing the Constitution
• “Would you Sign the Constitution? Would you Sign the Constitution in 1789?”
• The Senate is undemocratic
• The Electoral College is outdated
• Why the Governator should be able to run for President
• Judicial Advocacy
• Forced (compulsory) voting
• Stupid Square States
• and many more!

I also have a lot of great lesson plan ideas that I’ll be using this next year. Can’t wait!

After 5 weeks, the FDA has declared today that it’s OK to eat tomatoes.

No declaration yet, however, on if a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable.

Update: Tomatoes are okay, but jalapenos (just the Mexican ones) aren’t.

I watched Batman Begins again for the 5th time last night and it got me thinking. Not about great cinematography, or comic books, or even Katie Holmes.

One of the underlying messages from the film: There arethings that are right and things that are wrong. And more than anything, there are things in the world that are SO wrong, they’re worth fighting against.

What then, is worth fighting against?

Perhaps you can look at this in the literal (vigilante) sense like Batman did. Fighting mobsters, villains, wacked out Psychiatrists, penguins, etc… But fighting doesn’t necessarily have to be physical. Lawyers fight for good (and bad) causes all the time. Legislators, lobbyists, celebrities, and citizens fight against terrible atrocities in the world all the time.

Look at Laura Bush fighting against illiteracy, Al Gore fighting against global warming, or Bill Gates fighting against disease in Africa. These people have chosen to stand up against something they truly believe is wrong. Agree with them or not, you have to respect the principled stand they have taken.

What then, do you think is worth fighting, and taking a stand, against?

Terrorism? Torture? Racism? Road rage? Bigotry? Jerks in the cafeteria? Bad jokes?

Update: All this makes me more excited to see the Dark Knight.