New Hampshire Republican Sen. John Sununu is in a tough race to retain his senate seat but it's looking better and better for him since John McCain chose Sarah Palin to be his runningmate. Not only for him but polls show Republicans all over the country are polling better and closing gaps with their Democratic opponents.

Call her "Rising Tide" Palin because she lifts all Republican boats.

A former businessman, Sununu reports one of his biggest applause lines on the stump is: "I am NOT a lawyer."

McCain and Palin ought to use the line too. Neither is a lawyer, nor beholding to the ambulance-chasing trial bar.

The Democratic ticket on the other hand... is Lawyers Squared. (I'm not sure that mathematically correct but it sounds good.)