Shortlists getting shorter

Lots of talk about Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal as a possible VP pick for McCain. He’s young, well-spoken, deeply Catholic, and bears a certain big-eared resemblance to another prominent minority in the Presidential race. (Not that these would be reasons McCain is considering him, of course.) In addition to being a six-month governor, he also exorcises demons! (And you know you’re in trouble when the dudes at The Corner aren’t feelin’ it . . . although reliable hack Kathryn Jean Lopez mounts a half-hearted defense.)

And in other removing-themselves-from-a-possible-McCain-administration news, it looks like one judge on the Protocol shortlist probably won’t get picked by a Republican president. If hardcore originalist Douglas Ginsburg got borked for smoking weed, what ever will they do to Alex Kozinski for posting Internet porn? While conducting an obscenity trial, no less?

There may or may not be a hidden porn page on The October Protocol.