WILL SHARPTON BE OBAMA'S VP CHOICE?

Amid growing speculation that Barack Obama will name the Reverend Al Sharpton as his running mate later today, Princeton political scientist Quentin Twiffler has labeled the decision a "stroke of genius." Interviewed on ABC's Nightline, Twiffler observed that having Sharpton on the ticket will, by contrast, make Obama look a lot "whiter" to nervous Caucasian voters who are concerned about his race. Simultaneously, Sharpton will attract the lunatic fringe of the political left who are drawn to the Reverend's nut-case political antics. "This would be a slam-dunk win-win for Obama," Twiffler claimed.