Old wine, new bottle

Journalist Roberto Lovato blogs at "Of América," and he can be relied on for the big picture. He points out the most chilling moment of the VP debate for me, when Palin talked about supposed "expanded powers" for the VP as somehow constitutional, and Biden reminded us bluntly that Dick Cheney has been the most dangerous Vice President in history. She may wink and act folksy, but when you take away the trappings, the message is the same: we don't need no Constitution. While we are watching the campaign, the Bush administration has just handed over $700 billion to Cheney's buddies, and there are attempts to use the rules process to bypass Congress and undermine existing legislation.