The story about Sarah Palin’s wardrobe was one of the most overblown of the 2008 election cycle, and unfortunately it came at the expense of a more thorough look at the serious problems with Obama’s record. Yet clothes-gate did raise a very legitimate question: Just how well are the Republican Party and Republican campaigns spending donors’ money?

Here’s an additional, frustrating angle to the story: Palin has returned the clothes to the RNC as promised, but they’re inside trash bags at the RNC, collecting dust.