Written by: Beck

Watching the News Hour with Jim Lehrer now.

Great quote from Kerry Baker, a Florida delegate who served in Iraq, on the convention floor: "al-Sadr is kind of like President Bush's opponent. He says one thing one day and then does something else the next."

Update: Note to Republicans being interviewed: for the love of god, quit using the phrase, "Stay the course." It's reminiscent of Bush Sr., and we all know how well he did when seeking reelection. Furthermore, it constitutes a tacit acknowledgement of criticism that things aren't going well at the moment, which serves as an endorsement of the media-presented view of Iraq as a nightmarish quagmire. Instead, don't cede the high ground--don't simply cave to the NYT view of the world. Rather, respond that things ARE going well in Iraq. al-Sadr has been disarmed, Falujah has been pacified, schools are going up, elections are moving forward, Iraqi police and soldiers are being trained, basic services have returned. Furthermore, mass-murders, ethnic cleansing, and widespread government sponsored torture have been shut down. Think people!

Update: PBS is now interviewing various presidential historians. The topic: war-time reelection campaigns. "Stay the course" count: 2

Quoting Giuliani: "Conducting this convention without mentioning 9/11 would be like Abraham Lincoln not mentioning the Civil War."