If you read the title carefully, you noticed I didn't use the usual, breathless "BREAKING!!!" The reason is I thought I might use that poor, overworked word in a different manner.
My explanation, after the jump.
Given that "Breaking" seems to be on the lips of so many when it comes to Veep choices, it might be a great advantage for Obama to select someone with that name. Through diligent inquiry, a search of the Intertubes has revealed the existence of several U.S. residents surnamed "Breaking." (Disclosure: I don't know their ages, citizenship status, or political affiliation, so it could be they'd need convincing. I discovered them through phone listings on free, public, readily available Internet sources for phone numbers, so I'm not disclosing any private facts; but I won't disclose the city of residence, or link to the pages directly, for reasons which are quite obvious to me.)
The prospective Veep candidates, and their states of residence, are:
Gary Breaking, Michigan
Cheryl Breaking, Pennsylvania
Dain Breaking, California
Harder Breaking, California
Michigan, being considered a swing state (though pretty strong for Obama right now), the first choice has merit. Pennsylvania is a swing state, too; and the Pennsylvanian, being female, would add to the historic nature of the ticket. However, she might generate blowback from some diehard Hillary supporters offended by the choice of any woman other than HRC. California is already going Democratic, so the last two prospects aren't as viable. Still, I do like the name "Harder Breaking," which would be instantly recognizable -- a real attention getter which should generate lots of free publicity on cable, and local tv news shows.
If we're going to unite behind one of these folks, we have precious little time remaining in which to do so (just moments, perhaps), if we hope to change Barack's mind.