David...Brooks...well done...sir

apologies for the punctuated incredulity- I'm just...stunned. I never thought I would be this pro-Brooks, at least post-Bobos.

Then he said this: "The Democrats are in danger of doing to Obama what they did to their last two nominees: burying authentic individuals under a layer of prefab themes."

Now, we kind of go separate ways when it comes to analyzing the first night of the convention- or as I might say, Monday Night Softball- because I saw the whole "Modest roots + hard work = American Dream = Obama" theme as precisely that kind of prefab cliche.

But hey! progress, baby. Thanks for the validation, Captian Pink Tie. Keep on keepin' on.