Quote of the Day

Dana Milbank, writing for The Washington Post, about the ugliness of the presidential campaign. He's defending the Democrats' right to be just as nasty as the Republicans are, only more so:

Umbrage doesn’t win elections. Ruthlessness does.

His basic advice: call your opponent a child molester or the immoral equivalent. I think he's wrong. Whatever negative thing a campaign alleges about their opponent must either be a judgment call or requires some proof.