Sigh

Those young whippersnappers just won't let the Waffle House thing go. If it was funny to begin with (it wasn't), it's awfully tired now.

See:

• How long am I going to have to harp on the concept of broad appeal?
  
• It's silly
  

It's silly

Once again (see bottom of his post, under "Also"), the point is missed.

How long am I going to have to harp on the concept of broad appeal?

I keep saying it and saying it, but people keep missing the point.

No, I don't have a problem with Obama making the acceptance speech at Invesco - that seems like the best way to do it. I think it's really awesome that that's being done in a location that will allow for so many people to share in the experience.

However, some folks don't seem to see the importance of him visiting some smaller forums as well to engage groups who aren't Yellow Dog Democrats like us. It seems like these individuals can't see past the sound byte factor that comes from Bredesen simplifying his point by using Wal-Mart as an example.

Come on guys, this is why some people think we're elitist pricks.

EDITED TO ADD: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Somebody gets it!!!!

The Sidekick

CNN has an interesting area set up on their website to present possible running mates for Obama. My dream ticket, of course, would be Obama/Edwards. It might've been interesting to see Gov. Bredesen on that list, but I doubt he has any name recognition outside of Tennessee. Anyway, you can find that here.

Here's another quickie on the prospect of Gore sharing the ticket - one seen as unlikely by most. Candy Crowley also brought it up on the AC360° blog today. It says pretty much the same thing as every other assessment of that hypothetical ticket, but I just enjoy the crap out of the tone of her posts, so I'll link it anyway.