Surely, I cannot be the only mediaperson squirming in my humble seat as reams and reams of newsprint and television footage confirm that the lady is drawing huge crowds—which get huger by the day. Remember, it was not so long ago, 30 days actually, when leader writers, pundits, political soothsayers and even honourable field reporters insisted that a) the lady would never take the plunge, and b) even if she did, she would make little or no difference to the rapidly sinking Congress fortunes. I am not excluding myself from culpability, but it is deeply embarrassing for all of us who instruct the nation on a daily or weekly basis to be shown up as bungling novices.