I suppose it's possible that Barack Obama was not intentionally channeling Sarah Palin's lipsticked-pit bull joke with his putting lipstick on a pig poke, but even the most leftist of liberals has to admit it's highly unlikely. But in the end analysis, whether the sleek Illinois senator skewered the "Killer from Wasilla" naively or knowingly makes little difference, for every poll shows Barack has once again impaled himself on the flagpole of Palin Populism with his latest elitist comment.