Written by: Beck

First, ask yourself this question: who are the two most popular Republican politicians right now? If you answered, "John McCain and Rudy Giuliani," you get a gold star!

Now, ask yourself another question: what two speakers at the upcoming Republican National Convention are the three major networks not planning on televising? If you gave the same answer, you win not only a gold star, but also the coveted Smiley Face Sticker of Achievement!

I feared something like this when the networks didn't carry Day 2 of the DNC. Thanks to equal time rules, the networks must carry the same amount of coverage for both political conventions. By jettisoning what was expected to be the least interesting day of the DNC (no one had anticipated the fantastic keynote speech by Barack Obama), the networks can now selectively pick & choose which RNC speakers they'll cover. What a surprise--it now falls to bloggers to provide coverage of the speeches. Well, bloggers, and cable news. But who watches cable news?

(Hat tip: Aaron's Rantblog)