You'd never know it from the media's Obama worshipers covering it, but this week's Democratic National Convention was a three-ring circus complete with an assortment of sword swallowers, clowns and magicians.

It was the magicians who took the center ring and proceeded to convert their publicly expressed doubts about Barack Obama into ringing endorsements of his alleged fitness to be this nation's chief executive and commander in chief.

That's an amazing feat of legerdemain, especially if the woman in the wizard's cap is Hillary Rodham Clinton, who up to now has solemnly assured us that Barack Obama is not even remotely equipped to be president.

Targeting his failure to vote on key abortion measures she quipped, "A president can't vote 'present.' A president can't pick and choose which challenges he or she will face."

Now, with a wave of her magic wand, Obama's unfitness to occupy the White House (which she and her husband are still convinced is theirs) is suddenly transformed. He is now uniquely qualified for a presidency she had warned us he was utterly unfit to occupy.

Too bad. She was right the first time, but that was before she joined the circus in Denver.

Then, with a blare of trumpets, Joe Biden enters the center ring and waves his magic wand. The man he railed against as unqualified to be president is now, he tells us, the very man for the job. The same man, he recently insisted, has no business running for president.

Said Joe before he became a magician (and Barack's running mate): "I think he can be ready,but right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training." Continued...