It's a Landslide
The Bush twins had their debut in the spotlight last night, and it went akin to a Hollywood bomb. The Kerry sisters are crowned the best sister act of this political season. Here's Salon's take:

I had, until this speech, been torn on the Bush girls. I think it's unfair to take out our dismay at a dopey but probably-fun-to-drink-with president on his dopey but probably-fun-to-drink-with daughters. They didn't choose to run for office, so let them be dopey, let them be young, let them be apolitical -- better, after all, than having them mimic their father's ideologies -- leave them alone.

But that was before they decided to take the national stage during a year when everyone is talking about how to woo young women into voting booths. Apparently, the Republicans think that it's by presenting the nation with a heart-stoppingly embarrassing burlesque of exactly how flighty, ill-informed, shallow and downright stupid two young women can be.

Here's the Daily Kos (with some running commentary on their script):

Besides, since we've graduated from college, we're looking around for something to do for the next few years.

Kind of like dad.

Are they saying that their dad will lose, or that he will win? Either way, this is pretty, um, horrible.

And we had a hamster, too. Let's just say ours didn't make it.

Kerry saves hamsters. The Bushes kill theirs.

And Slate:

Toward the end of the debacle, Jenna, who has slightly better timing than her sister, explained what they were doing on stage: "You know all those times when you're growing up and your parents embarrass you? Well, this is payback time, on LIVE TV." Was it ever. Although the girls then revealed a few supposedly humiliating facts about mom and dad (George and Laura call each other "Bushie"), it was the speech itself that was the real embarrassment.