PHONY PETITION NUMBERS? “The DNC arrived at its 642,000 figure by making three photocopies of each petition.” If the Tea Party folks did this, they’d be loudly mocked by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

UPDATE: Reader Robert Long writes: “My wife has two names, a first one and a middle one. Next time I have sex with her can I claim to have had sex with 2? I knew it’d happen one day!” Sure, it’s the new math of hope and change.