a good bit of truth from time magazine.

"The personal is political" may be feminist gospel, but like any article of faith, it can be taken to extremes. Everything about Palin seemed personal: an energy policy reduced to "Drill, baby, drill," an economic policy embodied by Joe the Plumber. We knew too much about her clothes and her kids and her hunting habits and far too little about her priorities and principles. It was enough to make you grateful for Obama's near total lack of sentimentality and emotional transparency. We don't care how he feels; we care what he thinks and what he does.

—Nancy Gibbs