It's Been SO Long

I'm not normally a Steve Lopez fan, but the Times columnist wrote a rather amusing article about Sarah Palin's stomping grounds in today's edition. It won't win a Pulitzer, but it was light-heartedly insightful.

Lew Tobin, Nome resident, said something that just resonated with me, and not only about Sarah Palin.

"We've had so long a time of people who've gotten by on charisma," he said.

"We want someone who's smart again."

Those two simple sentences are about as concise a statement of my presidential concerns as could possibly exist. Thank you, Mr. Tobin.