According to Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (no wonder we don’t believe the Dems will cut spending when they can’t even get their names down to normal lengths), the economy has begun to turn around. Maybe that’s the Democrats new strategy: Make current conditions the new normal. “No, this is what an awesome economy looks like; this is exactly how things were like in the 80s. If you remember differently, then you’re wrong.”

How exactly are they supposed to argue for Obama with an economy the worst it’s been since the Great Depression? “As you can see from all the trillions Obama has pointlessly spent, he’s trying really hard… at least when he’s not preoccupied with things unrelated to jobs like health care.” George W. Bush talked about the “soft bigotry of low expectations” — right now that’s seeming like Obama’s only real campaign strategy.

So the Palin emails has been kind of a bust for the left. If anything, it’s helped Palin because it’s reminded everyone of the Palin people liked in the first place: the down to earth, pragmatic politician who would take on her own party when needed.

But the left were so certain they’d find something. Why? Because they know if anyone got a hold of their personal email, they would not come off as well. Remember all the stuff found in that JurnoList? And with the “bitter clinger” rhetoric we see Obama use when he think’s he’s only talking to San Francisco donors, what a treasure trove his private emails would be.

I think that’s the reason the left is always look for “dog whistles”; they have so much hidden meaning in their own rhetoric they assume everyone else does it to. Like how they talk about “common sense gun control” when they really want to confiscate all firearms or the “public option” when they want a government takeover of healthcare. Conservatives, on the other hand, tell you exactly what they want. That’s why Rush Limbaugh has always been so popular: He just states plainly what conservatives believe. No hidden meanings. And that’s why liberals don’t do well on talk radio — they don’t want to state plainly what they believe because it scares even themselves at time. When a liberal says exactly what he believes, it’s a huge flub, like Obama “share the wealth” comment to Joe the plumber.

And that’s really a lot of the political battle for the right: What we’re trying to do is inform the public of exactly what the left is up to. And when we succeed, we win the political fight. Man, that would be so much easier if we had their private emails.