Arianna Huffington spoke at Williams. She said one stupid thing.

Political pundit Arianna Huffington thinks the Democrats need more fire in their bellies.

The founder of The Huffington Post said on Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama needs to get angry — not with the distractions of his competitors but over the state of the union.

“Every transformational leader has to show his cosmic rage to change the world,” said Huffington, speaking to journalists in a classroom at Williams College. “It can’t just come from his head, it has to come from his gut.”

Rage is the last thing Obama needs right now. Rage does not get you elected President. Huffington also made a smart comment.

But Huffington said the soap opera that’s become the Republican ticket is threatening to derail any talk of issues.

Calling Palin the “Trojan Moose,” she described the governor as a “major distraction.”

“If McCain makes this about Palin, they win,” said Huffington. “Even if the Democrats prove all the little lies, even if they prove all that they still lose, because the election becomes all about Palin’s small lies and not about the big truth.”

The big truth, according to Huffington, is the failed policies of President Bush and the nation’s future.

“She’s a compelling figure. She’s a smart, accomplished woman,” Huffington said of Palin. “There’s something fearless about her. I wrote a book about fearlessness and there’s something about that that’s very, very appealing.”

Indeed. Obama and his supporters should mention the “failed economic policies of Bush/McCain” a thousand times for every once that the name “Palin” crosses their lips.

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