Something that bothered me, just an odd linguistic construction.

All through the run-up to the Democratic convention, I keep hearing the phrase "rising star of the Democratic party." Nothing wrong with the phrase itself, it's just perfectly fine. The application is getting a little out of hand though. In addition to two that I figured were getting that, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, came one that kinda just filled me with huh?

Chris Matthews, in a way that I hope meant he was as sick of the construct as I had become, referred to Joe Biden, 1988 Presidential candidate, as "rising star of the party." If he was playing with me, fine, but if he wasn't, I may have lost my mind.