Sarah Palin ended her debate performance last Thursday with a slightly garbled quote from Ronald Reagan about how, if we aren't vigilant, we'll end up "telling our children and our children's children" about the days when America was free. It was a revealing choice.
For almost a week, Missouri's TV airwaves have been smoking with a set of nasty back-and-forth ads launched by the state's two major candidates for governor, Democrat Jay Nixon and Republican Kenny Hulshof.