Barry used to work on the docks

Apparently Palin earned as much money for the Democrats as she did for her own party last night. Even more amusing, Obama plans to watch McCain's convention speech from Jon Bon Jovi's house, where he'll be having dinner and, I'm sure, a jam session. You can go too, provided you've got 30 grand lying around. Hey, historic campaigns don't run on candy canes and dreams. Not exclusively, anyway.

While I'm shitting in everyone's Change Flakes, I might as well bring up something that has had me offending people at parties for weeks now. You all know that Obama's really not all that different from McCain when it comes to money, right? Courtesy of Mr. Taibbi...

Other companies are getting in on the ground floor with the new chief by stuffing money in his ears. Overall, Obama is flat-out kicking McCain's ass when it comes to Wall Street contributions, raking in nearly $9 million from securities and investment executives, compared to $6.2 million for McCain. Obama has received more contributions from Goldman Sachs than from any other employer — more than $627,000 at this writing — not to mention $398,021 from JP Morgan Chase, $353,922 from Lehman Brothers and $291,388 from Morgan Stanley. Even among hedge-fund executives, who have an unequivocal interest in electing McCain, Obama is whipping the Republican, collecting $500,000 more than McCain.

Meet the new boss...