DENVER, Colorado -- Get Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer in a room with reporters and other, more staid politicians and the guy just can't help cracking a few jokes. We were going to call this post "Quote of the Day," but there are just too many good Schweitzer lines from which to choose. Here are some of our favorites:

Asked whether choosing a governor would give John McCain a leg up on a Democratic ticket that features two Senators: "Boy, that'd shake up the world if McCain picked another white guy to be his vice president," he said. Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney "are not going to bump him up, they're not going to bump him down. They're just going to be a bump."

McCain got in trouble in Colorado for suggesting a renegotiation of a water agreement among several Western states, something Schweitzer knows about: "In the West, whiskey's for drinkin' and water's for fightin'," he said.

Other notes from the convention:

Democratic Governors Association chairman and West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin says his party will pick up at least one chief executive mansion this year, pointing to Missouri as the most likely pickup. Attorney General Jay Nixon is leading Rep. Kenny Hulshof by a wide margin.

Manchin and Schweitzer, discussing Democratic-held seats up this year, are most worried about North Carolina and Washington. Of Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire's race, Schweitzer said "We're watching it very carefully." DGA finance chairman Martin O'Malley of Maryland said the DGA will raise $20 million this year and will aim "north of 20 [million]" next year.

Former Washington State Democratic Party chairman Paul Berendt, storming down the hall at the Colorado Convention Center, paused long enough to tell Politics Nation that, as a delegate for Hillary Clinton, he would "probably" cast his vote for the New York Senator. Berendt said he will work for Barack Obama, but with his daughter in attendance, he wants her to see him vote for Clinton.