I'm not even sure it will be still enough on peoples' minds to make a difference in a month, much less two years from now. And, really, "short attention span" is the least of it. What would really be nice is if people could see the thread that ties all these laughable incidents together- that the GOP has become the party of a sort of gape-jawed CT-inspired political methodology with no longer an aim than to win the equivalent of some cheap Internet debate. They don't care about policies that benefit the people, they are only after cheap "gotchas!" to ding the other guys with. And Schmitt's little dance there is the perfect illustration of that methodology. After all, even if Smith had been at the game Schmitt thought he was at- so what? That wouldn't prove anything about any collusion between Smith and Willis, still a long way to go to get there. But proving anything isn't the aim- suggesting is good enough for where the righties want to go.