Al Gore did something very, very interesting in his convention speech: He took on the question, “Why is Obama basically tied with McCain, when he should be way ahead” (given his personal advantages plus the Democrats’ advantages, generally)? Very, very interesting that he took that on. I thought he would bust out with: Because honkies like my global-warming-causing neighbors in Tennessee don’t want a black man in the White House. And maybe it will come to that — maybe that will be the Democrats’ rationale, if things go south for them. (No pun intended with “south.”)

Anyway . . .