I'm enjoying the GOP civil war. That's going to last a while. So is this recession.

Obama has absolutely no say or influence in how the House organizes itself. This is strictly a power play among 2 powerful members.

Finally, a knock-down

Obama keeps playing the gentleman when he should be attacking more

Shieffer's a drunk

keeps letting McCain have the last word

Perhaps. Pardon the repeat if it was, I hadn't seen it.

Just spreading some information I thought some readers might be interested to hear about. Obviously not you.

Exactly! This issue is a distraction.

And this just shows that we ought to stop arguing about experience. This is a distraction from the substantive issues on which we're stronger.

Let the GOP be the hypocrites arguing their candidate is sufficiently experienced.

Good post. My feeling is, the whole "qualification" debate is a distraction from the substantive issues which (1) are more important and (2) highlight our stronger positions and expose the GOP's lack of ideas.

We ought to leave it alone, let them be hypocrites for trying to argue about experience.

Wendell Wilkie? Uh, yeah, and he lost in a landslide. Most of those people did.

Jonathan, your list only highlights Obama's resume shortcomings. Engaging in the "who has enough experience" debate is a bad idea. We lose every time.

Many of the people on your list were governors, and governors have executive experience, something Obama lacks.

Let voters decide for themselves whether or not a candidate is ready. This issue is exactly the kind of distraction that takes focus away from the real issues in this election, the substantive debates in which we have a far stronger position. We're better off focusing attention those issues.

Further, we're hypocrites for saying Palin lacks experience. It fails to stick because she's running for VP, not president. We should leave it alone and let the GOP be hypocrites for attacking Obama's readiness for office when they themselves nominate a novice.

I am so sick of Republicans playing the victim card.

Their every word repeats ad nauseum how the anti-American establishment elitists are  persecuting or disrespecting God-fearing, down-home patriots like them.

They're a pretty self-centered bunch, if you sit back and observe.

This ain't 2000 or 2004. I bet most voters today aren't interested in their fantasy-based view of the world, but want a real analysis of the problems people face today, and real solutions.

Palin's speech was 100% emotional appeal and 0% policy substance.

Obama and Biden are gonna stone-cold kick their asses.

We shouldn't be attacking Palin on her lack of experience. That only makes us hypocrites, and Palin will gladly turn this around into her own martyrdom.

We should be attacking McCain for his lack of judgment, and for his hypocrisy for questioning Obama's experience.

We should be noting that even Republicans must be worried about his judgment.

Her speech will be the speech we remember after the election is long over.

It's up there with Teddy Kennedy's '80 "The Dream Never Dies" speech, and Jesse Jackson's '88 "Keep Hope Alive" speech, and even Mario Cuomo's "Tale of Two Cities" speech in '84.

Great work, Todd!