Nicolle Wallace, co-host of The View, earned her pay check on Friday when she rolled off a couch while interviewing an animal keeper and his stank-eyed owl. Her self-admitted fear of birds overruled her common sense and she screamed after the bird was gone. It was the most interesting moment on the morning show in…

• The officially-designated GOP scapegoat for Wardrobe-gate appears to be McCain aide Nicolle Wallace (left), despite the fact that I guarantee she knows how to put together a wardrobe for less than $150,000. Wallace isn't "going to engage" with people until after the campaign, but she knows the score and her memory…