Well, the Obama campaign expressed their hope that the person(s) responsible would be brought to justice in a timely fashion, and it looks as though that is what has happened. Unfortunately, it was all at the expense of the Pittsburgh Police Department, both campaigns and certainly every person who had sympathized with the plight of Ms. Todd, which would obviously include a number of close friends and family members that she lied to.
It's one thing to try and drive a further wedge between the red and the blue campaigns, and I've almost come to expect this kind of behavior from somebody associated with the McCain/Palin ticket, what with the divisive rhetoric that has been coming from their side of the table, but I cannot think for a moment that the imaginary assailant was described as a black male by accident.
My first reaction was the hope that she would have to pay a large fine, or serve jail time. But really, what I would like to come out of this situation, more than anything, is for Ms. Todd to end up with a heavy community service sentence. I think that she should have to spend the next year looking less-fortunate members of the African American community in the face, while working to serve their community and repair the damage that she has inflicted (or at least attempted to inflict) on the relationship between members of the black and white community.