When was the last time you heard of a Republican campaign office being burglarized? Exactly.

Obama’s operation in Davenport, Iowa, was hit two nights ago, and by some fairly literate thieves: “Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, says that two laptop computers and some campaign literature were taken.”

Memo to future GOP “plumbing” squads: if you’re looking to simulate a routine break-in by hapless local criminals, leave the literature behind. Just a word to the wise.