The smartest thing I read last night on Twitter was by Dan Kennedy. He wrote this:

Does anyone really believe the nonsense that any election is a referendum on Obama? Here's the referendum on Obama: 11/6/2012.

It's an easy headline, I know, and so tempting on this, the one-year anniversary of Obama's history-making hope-bringing win in the 2008 presidential election. He stood there in Grant Park before thousands of screaming fans and the nation, and promised to bring CHANGE, and he didn't. Booooo on Obama, clearly the REPUBLICANS are the answer! Sorry guys, it's just not that simple. (more...)