Politico really needs to stop beating around the bush, so to speak:

Imagine Politico writing such a thing about, say, Joe Biden — And if there’s every somebody who cries out for that headline, it’s the Sheriff of Stimulusville. Heck, maybe even President Obama is more worthy of that headline than Rick Perry — the dumbest presidential candidate in all 58 states.
Politico has a track record of parroting the “Republicans are dumb” DNC talking point while at the same time the left parades a collection of some of the most failed doofuses ever to have set foot in Washington and the MSM considers them geniuses.
Update: Michelle M’s opinion of all this:
(h/t JWF)