Quick RNC thoughts

-Just saw Dan Bartlett trying lamely to defend Bush's "We can't win the war on terror" line. Short version: "Don't listen to what the President said TODAY! Listen to what's he's said before."

-How sad is it that George H.W. Bush, the President's own father, will not even SPEAK at this convention? They just gave him about a 30-second introduction, allowing him to wave like Miss America before cutting away to the serious policy analyst that is Ron Silver. He has been cast away by his own party. You wouldn't hear the name George Bush at this convention if it wasn't, you know, the President's name.

-I'm a little chastened by the fact that this Convention is being covered as crappily as the DNC was. An FCC commissioner today took the networks to task for covering the conventions so briefly. Maybe this changes in '08. CNN just gave this teaser, honestly: "Coming up, we'll tell you why some RNC delegates are putting on Band Aids!" Yeah, that's great. (By the way, the Band-Aids represent the "scratch wounds" received by John Kerry in Vietnam. Classy. See, that's the REAL face of the GOP.)

-Edwards got quite a bit of pub today for jumping on Bush's flubs. Although, I haven't seen a single Dem inside Madison Square Garden, despite the fact that "truth squadders" were swarming in Boston.