Eye on the Watcher’s Council

As you may know the members of the Watcher’s Council each nominate one of his or her own posts and one non-Council post for consideration by the whole Council. The complete list of this week’s Council nominations is here.

With the sad departure of Done With Mirrors from the Watcher’s Council there’s a spot available. If you have a blog of your own, please consider applying for a position. If you’ve applied before try again. The rules and responsibilities are here. Please leave your application in the comments to this post or in the post linked above.

By the way the Watcher’s Council has a brand spanking new home. Please change your bookmarks.

The Glittering Eye, “The 2008 Beijing Olympics”

In my submission for this week I muse a little about the contradiction between appearances and reality in the recent Olympics.

Soccer Dad, “Charm city charm offensive”

Soccer Dad considers how the Obama campaign strategy is playing among American Jews.

Bookworm Room, “The AP shows surprising honesty when it comes to Joe Biden”

Bookworm looks at the lack of enthusiasm with which the Associated Press has greeted the tapping of Sen. Joseph Biden as Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate.

The Razor, “Russia – The New Cold War”

Scott’s views on the situation in Georgia track my own pretty closely as I suspect is true of most who have any notions of the history and background of the situation.

Joshuapundit , “Biden Off More Than He Can Chew”

Joshuapundit examines the downside of Joe Biden’s slot as Barack Obama’s running mate. Here’s another: I doubt that many in the Senate are actually stupid but if you spend enough time there you certainly look that way. Joe Biden has been in the Senate significantly longer than he hasn’t been. That’s plenty of time to contract Senate-itis.

Wolf Howling, “What Does Joe Biden Offer To Obama?”

GW takes a look at what Joe Biden brings to the ticket and comes away puzzled but I think I can answer his question. VP picks these days seem to be more aspirational than they are functional or even ideological. Joe Biden has roots.

Colossus of Rhodey, “NBC’s Andrea Mitchell Thinks Joe Biden is ‘Not Part of Washington’”

Hube takes exception to Andrea Mitchell’s position on Joe Biden that he’s in Washington but not of it. I suspect that he doesn’t go to the same cocktail parties that she does.

Rhymes With Right, “Not Every POW Supports McCain”

Greg analyzes the criticisms of Sen. John McCain leveled by Philip Butler, the only former Viet Nam POW so far to come out in opposition to his candidacy.

Cheat-Seeking Missiles, “North Coast – Day 5: Bookworm Revealed!”

Laer shows us a few slides from his vacation. He took the take to visit a bit with Bookworm in Marin County. Married, petite female, left-handed, probably 35 to 45, possible golfer.

Well, I’ve decided which posts I’ll vote for this week. Which posts would get your votes?

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