Yes He Did, or Episode 44: A New Hope

Sorry for the long absence; I've been in New York without internet access and now catching up at work. Will report on all, but it's been a long night and for now this will have to do:

Sarah Palin

I can't really add anything to the deluge of news and bloggery about McCain's astonishing VP selection. But I thought that this, from a press conference yesterday, was worth flagging up:

Jake Tapper: Governor Palin and her husband issued a statement today saying that their 17 year old daughter Bristol who is unmarried is 5 months pregnant. Do you have a comment?

[Barack Obama]: I have heard some of the news on this and so let me be as clear as possible. I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people's families are off limits, and people's children are especially off limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics, it has no relevance to governor Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18. And how family deals with issues and teenage children that shouldn't be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that is off limits.

Classy.