'It Was the Longest 16 Seconds of My Life'

Painful to watch is putting it mildly. Gov. Jan Brewer told KTAR radio in Phoenix that her debate blackout was "not the finest hour. It was the longest 16 seconds of my life."

Tammy Bruce comments on it: "AZ Gov. Brewer’s Moment of Silence." Personally, we all freeze sometimes. Brewer screwed up, sure. Maybe she wasn't feeling well. Maybe she was just overcome by the moment, but these things count in politics, and that makes thorough preparation and readiness all the more important. She'll no doubt be seeing her 16-second freeze in attack ads, but she can hold herself high nevertheless for having a brief episode of human frailty. It's how we learn.