The woman from nowhere. Read to the end.

http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=12066224

New York Times editorial

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/opinion/13sat1.html?_r=1&ei=5070&oref=slogin&emc=eta1&pagewanted=print