I’ve been unable to get a wireless signal, so my take on the news of the new generation of Palins comes late.

It sounds like the parents and parents-to-be are doing the right thing in tough circumstances. We’re going to hear a lot of caterwauling from the left about hypocrisy, about abstinence education, about condoms in schools, etc. I think that they would be wise to refrain from it, but they won’t be able to help themselves. Again… seems like they’re doing the right thing. Hard to know, and arguably isn’t any of our business, anyway. They’re handling it as a family.

I’d like to think that if Obama had a 17-year-old daughter who became pregnant, I’d react the same way.

We will see how this issue plays out in the coming days, but my sense is that the Democrats are playing with fire if they make too much of an issue of this. I am sure the party members will be responsible, and I think Obama offered a pitch-perfect statement today. But those unelected types who deem themselves spokesmen for the Democratic Party — Andrew Sullivan, Keith Olbermann, the Kos gang, etc. — give every signal of being about as tolerant and understanding of Bristol Palin’s circumstances as the residents of Salem were to alleged witches.

Having said that, I did hear from one reader who complained about the McCain campaign’s vetting of the running mate, because of the word of the Palin pregnancy (which McCain knew about), and the “news” that Todd Palin was arrested for DUI back in back in 1986.

For perspective, back in 1986, Barack Obama’s 22-year relationship with Jeremiah Wright was just beginning.