Before this story completely slips away, let's take a quick look at this dubious spin from Politico:

The weeklong scuffle between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and late-night comedian David Letterman has given many on the political right something they've lacked in recent months — a tasty target.

Oh for crying out loud, conservatives have been running short on targets? The political right hasn't had anyone to rally its hate around? This is just too much.

The truth is that conservatives, with the hyperventilating help of the GOP's media Noise Machine, have spent the last four months turning Barack Obama into a barn-size target, accusing the new president of every conceivable (and inconceivable) sin against humanity.

Conservatives couldn't find a target before the Letterman kerfuffle? Please, target practice is the only game they play. Just as Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who right-wing talkers immediately demonized as a “racist.”

It's quite astonishing that a Beltway news outlet, such as Politico, witnesses the relentless, unprecedented attacks against Obama yet still thinks conservatives have been lacking in targets. The unhinged attacks on Obama represent arguably the biggest Beltway news story of the year, yet Politico remains oblivious to the destructive brand of hardball being played by the right.