Let me just help some out a bit, those whose instincts are off, who seriously seem to be debating whether or not Barack Obama should consider adding Hillary Clinton to his ticket as Veep... you've missed the boat, friends.

The true question you should be asking -- even at this point in time, if you're capable of critically looking and thinking well ahead -- is will Barack Obama deign to humble himself early in his political career, (as if Vice President of the United States is a mere consolation prize!) to understand that if he is a true team player, it is he, not she, who should be mulling such an offer...
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Here's a blog dissecting today's Sun-Times column by John Kass, the man who came after -- but in no way could replace -- the great Mike Royko.
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Interesting 2003 interview of Walter Jacobson in the Windy City Times. Not a PC man, but honest. We need to go back to those times in this country, imo, if we've any hope of competing as a whole and winning. Enough with the good-looking nonsense that doesn't serve to put the best people in the jobs where they're needed to work and lead. This business of kowtowing to special interests, and protecting everybody's feelings from being offended is really killing us...

DG: You and Bill were No. 1 in the 10 p.m. ratings race. It would appear that the decline of Channel Two as the No. 1 watched 10 p.m. news broadcast began after you and Bill ceased being co-anchors of that show. Can you share any of the reasons why you and Kurtis did eventually part ways and why you both decided to leave?

WJ: I don’t remember exactly when CBS changed the team, I think over the years viewer demands changed. I mean, Bill and I were an all-white, male team at a time when we were all in this country beginning to understand that women ought to begin playing equal roles at the very least. And the management at that time in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s determined that we better include more women in our broadcasts. And that meant that one of us had to play a little bit lesser of a role.

Because Bill was the strong anchor personality, if we had to bring a woman on to the anchor team, I would be the one to step aside. Especially because I was also doing the commentary and CBS could have a male-female anchor team and still have “Perspective.” Why and exactly when the changes began, I’m not sure. There was a succession of general managers (at CBS) with different ideas and different things to prove and different ways to be successful, and so it was just kind of a natural evolution.
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DG: Walter, it’s a known fact that there are many gay and lesbian individuals working in broadcast journalism, and in the media, period. How do you feel about the gay and lesbian journalists on your staff, and does it matter whether or not they are out at work?

WJ: Well if they’re not out I don’t know about their choice of lifestyle. If they are out, it makes to me not a wit of difference. I mean, how could I possibly judge a person’s competence to cover a news story by the lifestyle that he or she has chosen? I don’t even think about it. It’s not of any importance to me whatever. I want to work with people who know how to go out and get stories and present them as fairly and objectively as possible. And whether a person is gay or straight is totally irrelevant.
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DG: Well, I think there are more reporters who are out as gay and lesbian ... I would venture that I do know of at least two or three anchors …

WJ: In Chicago? Well, then we know that if there are gay and/or lesbian anchors working on-air right now in Chicago then we know that being gay does not reduce the audience. The smart thing would be to come out, because you will be reaching the gay audience! We certainly learned that through business decisions by the advertisers that it wins you audience’s money rather than loses it. There is a huge gay/lesbian population out there that is loaded with money. And it is the not-very-bright general manager or newspaper publisher who ignores that. We certainly know that the politicians understand that.