Here is an incredible story from Jay Nordlinger's "Impromptus" column at National Review Online:

At a press conference, (Tom Daschle) pointed to Linda Scott and said, "Yes, Evelyn?" So, who's Evelyn? That's Evelyn Thomas — another black female journalist who's covered Daschle for years. According to the New York Post, the assemblage "gasped." Linda Scott shot back at the Democratic leader in the Senate, "It's Linda, and I know we don't look alike."

Can you even begin to imagine the caterwauling that you'd hear if it were a Republican who made this mistake? Yet, have you heard this reported anywhere else? If, say, somebody like Newt Gingrich or Trent Lott had made this mistake, their careers would be over.