JONAH GOLDBERG: Life of the Party. “The tectonic plates are definitely rumbling. Partisan Democrats may not believe it, but independents and dispirited Republicans now see the McCain-Palin pick as a sharp break with Bush (McCain now has a double-digit lead over the ‘post-partisan’ Obama among independents).” Hmm. They’re not dead yet. In fact, they’re getting better! “I feel happy! I feel happy! . . . I think I’ll go for a walk!”