Prediction sent in from a purported insider:
On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket,
citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to
occur after the VP debate on 10/2.

Another submitted observation:

What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common? Detroit, MI(1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961; Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954 Cincinnati, OH (3rd)...since 1984; Cleveland, OH (4th)...since 1989; Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor; St. Louis, MO (6th)....since 1949; El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor; Milwaukee, WI (8th)...since 1908; Philadelphia, PA (9th)...since 1952; Newark, NJ (10th)...since 1907. Einstein once said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Democratic Convention Remembrances
Okay, it's now more than 2 weeks since the completion of the Democratic National Convention.   As promised, some more enlightening moments from the event.

Technology can sometimes be a friend and a foe. Traveling across the plains of Kansas, our vehicle, the RR1 (not Republican Reporter, but Ronald Reagan!) was equipped with a GPS system that indicated the mileage to the next gas station.  At the same time, the vehicle electronics included a "miles to empty" display on the dashboard.

Hence, we could run the gas tank down to nearly 5 miles to empty, as we knew precisely where the next service station was located.  BIG MISTAKE. 

No, we never ran out of gas.  Rather, we used up nearly every drop in the tank, so that the remaining fuel got unusually warm and caused problems with other sensors and the engine.  Of course, the problems only occurred after we had entered Democratic Denver.

We were traveling on the streets in Denver, when the engine began to sputter - badly.  Driver Dick Rhodes had to rev the engine, just to keep us moving.  And then it happened. Luckily, we were on a small side street, when the engine died completely.  While the street was small, the line of vehicles behind us, was not.
 
Dead in traffic, we had only once choice.   John Perles and I leapt from the vehicle and attempted to push it to the side of the road.  Again, remember, this is the vehicle we were pushing:


The gross vehicle weight of the Chevy Tahoe is 5, 280 pounds!  I'm capable of pushing my body weight (177 lbs).  Hence, John was responsible for the remaining 5,103 remaining pounds of rolling stock. 

The catcalls and whistles from the other cars, made an already boiling Sunday afternoon, even hotter!  I had visions of the entire episode being replayed on CNN and The Daily show.  This was not the impact that I wanted the Republican Reporter to have. 

Alas, we got the vehicle to the side of the road, without a video or snapshot being taken.  But it was an auspicious beginning to our week in Denver.