Unlike, Tim, I don’t really like this new Obama ad. It ridicules Sarah Palin for being inexperienced on the economy without mentioning her actual record. Instead, we’re treated to footage of one of her (in)famous winks, which makes her seem silly and effeminate without really explaining why she’s unqualified.

—Dana Goldstein

Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.