We spent the morning at a big full-slate rally in our neighborhood. My wife was grateful to be out of town, so our little democrat went with his dad.

We met cheerful, young Casey Roncaglione. Our good buddy Bryan Lentz got up and proved to be a very effective at talking to a large crowd. (We see big things in his future!) Sestak’s volunteer army was worked up and he got a nice boost from Sen. Max Cleland. Then we had an upbeat Bob Casey, followed by the boyishly enthusiastic Ed Rendell. The headliner was Al Gore, who tied everything back together with a call for us to repair American democracy.

The boy’s favorite speaker was Max Cleland. He really liked the former senator’s line “Don’t wait until O-eight. Get it fixed in O-six.” When he heard that, he looked down at me from his perch up on my shoulders and said “He’s really funny. That was a good one.”

After the speeches were done, he was very happy to shake Cleland’s hand and say “Hi.”