I am not insensitive to the concerns raised in “First Read,” but I have to agree with K-Lo.

It is an absolutely, spectacularly gorgeous day in the Northeast — maybe the best day of the summer. A lot of the rest of the country is enjoying good weather despite the extreme conditions in the Gulf. It’s Labor Day, the traditional “last day of summer.” People are barbecueing, then they have to get kids ready to head back to school tomorrow morning (for those who didn’t head back last week). Folks who go away for the summer are packing up and trying to beat the traffic back home. College kids are traveling to their universities. Pennant races have heated up. College football got rolling over the weekend and there’s more in store today (here in Jersey, Rutgers is opening its season at 4pm).

I just don’t think that, besides us political junkies, a lot of people were going to be caring much about the GOP convention today — Gustav or no Gustav. If the Republicans lose more convention days, I agree there’s cause for concern. But not Labor Day. From a “who cares?” standpoint, it was a bad day to start the convention anyway.

Of course, the above could all just be a bunch of populist fustian, but I doubt it.