Just like Nathan suggests, and I completely agree, immediately after the annoucement of Sarah Palin the Dems began to pounce on her like there's no tomorrow. We seem to have completely forgotten the hugely successful Dem convention (huh? what convention?).

And not just that. We don't seem to be pouncing only on the stuff that's relevant for a VP position, but mostly anything we can get our hands on, kitchen sink included. I know, after all the Obama smear the neocons deserve to taste some of their own medicine. But let's not forget who we are: we're Dems. We care about people. We care about the future of the Country and the World. We despise personal attacks. And we judge politicians by what's really relevant: policy, solutions and positions on issues.

So while we're pouncing on Palin, let's at least pounce on her positions. Our best friend Nate at FiveThirtyEight has done the analysis for us. Let's check it out and pounce on that (btw: although her position on creationism is apparently "mainstream", that's surely not the case among the internet population, so I think it's safe to pounce on that too).

Then, after we're done, we should refresh our (and other people's) memory of all the great stuff that happened at the DNC convention.

Ted Kennedy speech
Michelle Obama speech
Hillary Clinton speech
Bill Clinton speech
John Kerry speech
Joe Biden speech
Al Gore speech
Barack Obama speech

Remember, almost all of these speeches brought tears to our eyes (at least mine). Let's not let this great and inspiring stuff be forgotten.