[Requiem]

While campaigning in 1980, Reagan joked about his switch from Democrat to Republican: "I know what it's like to pull the Republican lever for the first time, because I used to be a Democrat myself, and I can tell you it only hurts for a minute and then it feels just great."

It's clever and it's funny because the joke is on him. The Obama ad, OTH, targets women voters -- something any candidate had better be very careful doing. As a woman, I'm annoyed at gender-biased advertising; the same issues that reach male voters also influence my vote. I don't need something dumbed-down, sugar-coated, mocked, or colored pink.

S.