Sarah Palin just ended her speech accepting John McCain's place on his presidential ticket. It was, in a word, empty. The Governor came off as more of a backer than a running mate.

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Democratic voters got a double whammy last night as Bill Clinton and Joe Biden took the convention stage in Denver.

Former President Clinton went first, urging his wife Hillary's supporters to back Barack Obama's candidacy. If anyone can convince people to do something, it's Bill Clinton.

The most compelling component, we thought, were the times Clinton directly said Obama's ready to lead, like this line: Everything I learned in my eight years as President and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job." That's a far cry from a recent interview in which Clinton said it could be argued no one's ready to lead the nation. Pundits and critics took that as a jab against Obama, whom Clinton disdained for the at-times bitter primary battle.

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Oh, it's Fox News! Of course!

[Via Gawker]

It's official!

Barack Obama announced last night that he's picked Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Biden, who previously attempted to throw the press off track, brings 35 of Senatorial experience to Obama's ticket. And, thanks to his seat on the Foreign Relations Committee, first hand international policy knowledge, which will help even Obama's odds against John McCain.

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And so it begins… Democratic presidential candidates Chris Dodd and Joe Biden apparently can't take the campaign heat:

Two Senate veterans — Democrats Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut — are abandoning their presidential campaigns after very poor showings Thursday night in the Iowa caucuses.

Neither mustered more than 1 percent in the intensely competitive contest won by freshman Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

We anticipate similar headlines after next week's New Hampshire's primary.

HRC's inquisitive commemoration of Don't Ask, Don't Tell's 14th anniversary concludes with some words from Hillary Clinton.

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Barack Obama offered a straight answer to HRC's straight-forward question: “If you are elected President, what concrete steps would you take to overturn ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?'”.

Unlike John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, the Illinois Senator actually tells voters what he'll do to overturn the military's gay ban: sign the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, among other things.

And, like a good politician, he slyly reminds us that a Democrat - Bill Clinton - helped enact the discriminatory act. Clever.

Read all about it, after the jump…

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HRC has been lamenting Don't Ask, Don't Tell's 14h anniversary by asking the Democratic presidential candidates one simple question: “If you are elected President, what concrete steps would you take to overturn ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?'"

John Edwards and Chris Dodd blew their respective responses on the obvious: our government should not discriminate against gays in the military. Neither candidate, however, found time to actually answer.

Senator Joe Biden of Delaware doesn't do much better…

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Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden toed party line this weekend when he said he supports civil unions, rather than full-fledged gay marriage.

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Last night's CNN/YouTube presidential debates may have been the gayest political debates since - well, ever! We've never seen a network allow so much time to be spent discussing the dirty homos and their political inclusion. Although, it is CNN, the gayest of all the news networks.

Regardless of CNN's sexual proclivity, the network - and voters - kept the democratic candidates on their toes with a slew of lavender-hued queries. Above, Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich hits the ball out of the park while discussing gay marriage, telling a lesbian couple he would allow them to marry:

…If our Constitution really means what it says, that all are created equal, if it really means what it says, that there should be equality of opportunity before the law, then our brothers and sisters who happen to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered should have the same rights accorded to them as anyone else, and that includes the ability to have a civil marriage ceremony.

It's especially powerful coming from his little bobble-head.

Chris Dodd did well, too, again turning the question around to discuss his two-year old and five-year old daughters (whose existence really boggles the mind - go Dodd!). Dodd wouldn't want his little girls discriminated against, you see, so why would he discriminate against the gays. Voters eat that shit with a spoon.

Meanwhile, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson got real about the ever-contentious issue, saying, "I would do what is achievable.What I think is achievable is full civil unions with full marriage rights. I would also press for you a hate crimes act in the Congress." He also pledged to take down "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

But, wait, there's more…

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Lane Hudson has some beef with Barack Obama. The DC-based blogger believes Obama made a grave, potentially homophobic mistake during last night's presidential debates. And he calls that mistake the presidential candidate's "frat boy moment".

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The Advocate pulled rank after Sunday's Democratic Debate when they interviewed a number of the presidential candidates on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. Read the results, after the jump…

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