Re-Tired

It seems to me that this gleeful counterpunch thrown by Barack Obama shows exactly the sort of facility that Al Gore and John Kerry lacked as candidates....and it gets right to the heart of the teenaged, testosterone-addled irresponsibility of the McCain campaign.

"These guys seem to be proud of their ignorance" cuts to the heart of 20 years of Republican faux-populism, starting with George H.W. Bush's sudden fondness for pork rinds. I'll have more to say about all this in my print column tomorrow.

A final point about tire inflation: This seems to me one of the very few times--perhaps the only one--that a presidential candidate suggested a way that I could save some money without personal sacrifice--or ballooning the federal deficit. Anyone have any other examples?