editorlisa

In 2006, IFC Films released a fascinating documentary, …SO GOES THE NATION, which the New York Times called “a clear-eyed and utterly ruthless dissection of the battle for Ohio in the months leading up to the 2004 presidential election.”  Back then, I couldn’t help but hope the DNC would stumble upon this independent gem and use it as a lesson plan for the next national election, which at the time seemed so far away.

Do you remember 2004?  The feelings of invincibility and certainty that we’d win back the White House and life would return to some Clintonesque state of normalcy?  And then the sickening, sinking, infuriating feeling as the tide began to turn, the Republican Party swift-boating ahead and the Dems forgetting how to paddle?  This period of Palinmania reminds me of that time, and the brittle frailty of presidental hopefulness.

I think it’s time to watch this one again.