Thomas Lifson adds:

I agree with Ed that Clint Eastwood’s approach was an example of thinking outside the box, and despite what amounts to a firestorm of criticism, may well do the job in a way that no politician’s speech could have accomplished.

Simply put, Eastwood’s job was to make it OK to laugh at President Obama, and to vote against him without worrying that one might be a racist for firing the first black president.