These people need sleep

Last night's Compassion Forum was fueled on faith, but spurred by a sloppy comment.

Barack has gone on the defensive after a gloriously poor choice of words reducing small America to no more than God-fearing gun-lovers.

Hillary doing as Hillary does, seized the misstep to repine Barack as an out-of-touch elitist. We've seen this before ad nauseam for the past, oh, I don't know, 4 months. Clinton has been up against the wall and feels the only way off is to actively chase any and all Obama side steps. It's getting pretty annoying. Meanwhile, John McCain is sitting on the sidelines cheering on this volley of tactile affronts. With every juvenile swipe that the candidates take at each other, the Democratic nomination is becoming less about national issues and more about personal vendettas. And McCain's chances of winning in November are becoming more plausible because of it. That's pretty fucking scary.

Speaking of scary, anyone else notice last night the increasing frailty of Obama. He looked like an emaciated marathon runner on his last legs. And Hillary's geriatric slope of a face is starting to rival McCain's. Yikes! I'm getting the sense that the campaign trail, especially of late, is taking as much a toll on the country as it is on their physical well being. Better start playing nice.