Obama, Clinton, Honesty

David Brooks makes a point about the Nevada debate that's worth revisiting:

"The third thing that happened is that Hillary Clinton and John Edwards disgraced themselves in the minds of debate-watchers everywhere. At some point in each campaign, candidates are asked to name their greatest weakness. Only the lamest political hacks answer that question this way: Goshdarn it, I just care too much. I am too impatient for good things to happen. Giving that answer is an insult to the art of politics. And yet Edwards and Clinton both gave that answer. They didn't even give artfully disguised versions of that answer. They gave the straight, unsubtle kindergarten version of that answer. Obama, honestly, admitted that he's bad at organizing his paperwork. Truly, here is a man willing to stand for change."

And Clinton has used that moment of candor since as a way to imply that Obama is unready for the presidency. God, she's slimy. At least this campaign has revealed that to those of you with '90s amnesia.