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I am as angry and uneasy as anyone over the nomination of Sarah Palin but I think it's time to stop now. This morning I heard Paul Begala say on MSNBC that every day McCain isn't talking about the economy, he wins. That he can't win ON the economy so if he keeps distracting the voters and the press he will be better off - a premise supported by the current poll numbers. Begala also kept comparing Palin to the "shiny object in the water" on a fishing line that makes a fish take the bait. I think he's right.
The issues of this election are, as we all know, so enormous and scary that it may be easier to keep focusing on the governor, but that will not win the election. We need to help remind people of the real issues - the devastating effects of the subprime crisis, so evident in the past few days, the state of the economy generally, our sinking competitiveness in education and the tragic decline of many of our schools, the attempts by the Right to place (with hat tip to Auntie Mame)"braces on our brains" and of course, Iraq, Afghanistan, healthcare, energy and infrastructure.
We're in a mess. It wasn't caused by pigs or lipstick or tanning beds or even community organizers -- it was caused by the people currently in office who want four more years and are Orwell-ing us into giving it to them. This community has enormous impact and knows how to raise a ruckus (If you don't think so, mosey on over to the League of Maternal Justice!) Let's get some message discipline here, leave Sarah to others and push the issues. We're going to kick ourselves if we don't.
A version of this post also appears at Samuels' personal blog, Don't Gel Too Soon.
