So when Democratic pollster Joel Benenson released a memo today entitled, "The Announcement Without A Bounce: Romney's Choice Falls Flat", we were pretty sure that this indicated good news for the Romney/Ryan campaign.

First, we're not sure that Team Romney wants to be taking Vice Presidential selection advice from the campaign that gave us a flake like Joe Biden.

Second, let's recall that George H.W. Bush won with Dan Quayle on the ticket in 1988. Sure, going up against that troglodyte-lookalike named Dukakis probably didn't hurt, either. But the fact is this: Bush won with Quayle on the ticket. We think he would have won in 1992 if he hadn't violated that "read my lips" pledge to not raise taxes.

Sarah Palin also gave John McCain a bounce. Again, we think that ticket would have won if it wasn't for the financial meltdown that occurred in October of 2008.

Finally, we have polling data that stands in stark contrast to what Mr. Benenson is saying.

(The Hill)