Are we through talking about John McCain's pleasant stroll through downtown Baghdad? Have we plumbed every angle of Mitt Romney's hunting experience? What effect will Fred Thompson have on Tommy Thompson, and vice versa? Where again does John Edwards get his haircuts?
Let's face it: this political campaign is suffering from a grist shortage. There just isn't enough good material for the media mills to process. That's why legitimate stories like McCain's Baghdad gaffe and Romney's hunting fib get pored over like the Kennedy assassination. It's why even the most implausible self-declared presidential candidate is not laughed offstage. It's why the...