DNC RNC TPMtv 2008 1 love and we out. PEACE:

Eric Cantor drinks the straight talk-McCain-brings-change kool aid-- big time!

Alas... he did not look into TPMtv's camera and call TPMtv "Macaca." But TPMtv could tell he wanted to:

Fineman waxes poetic on Sarah Palin and the GOP. "Oh she'll energize it. But the energy she supplies will spread like... through the tentacles of the Republican party." Yowzer! But like what? Fire? Liquid lava? Quiet Thunder? Your guess is as good as ours!

Night four of the Republican National Convention.

TPMtv would really prefer not to gloat, honestly, but when you're lucky you're lucky. Some of you may remember the money seat TPMtv snagged on the final day of the DNC at Invesco Field. Well, here we are on the final day of the RNC in the Xcel Energy Center. Our experience here in St. Paul has been markedly different than that of Denver, as we've been reporting at length. But one thing remains the same: TPMtv scores the best seat in the house.



Yes, that would be the World Champion New York Giants, playing their first regular season game since winning the Greatest Super Bowl Of All Time. Following that beautiful bobbling catch by Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, quarterback and Super Bowl XLII MVP Eli Manning ran in a bootleg for the Giants' first touchdown of the 2008 season.

Late Update: An official-looking lady with a remote control in her hand just came by and regretfully informed TPMtv that she had to switch the TV to the RNC pool feed. I regretfully informed her that this was totally unacceptable to 6-foot 4-inch, 264-pound Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, and then I grabbed the remote and shattered it into several pieces with a brisk forearm shiver. [Ed. note: None of that happened. The lady changed the channel and TPMtv sat there and accepted it, forlornly. But if TPMtv sees online that the game is close in the 4th quarter it is fully committed to changing the channel back, come what may. Stand your ground. Stand your ground!]

We wrap up reaction to Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican Convention, in the most patriotic episode of TPMtv ever:

Goodnight day three of the Republican National Convention, a thousand times goodnight.

TPMtv reports on the Huckabee stage set. And here's that Madonna quote: "The reporting of the past few days have proven tackier than a costume change at a Madonna concert." Truth to power, Huck, truth to power.

Thank God! We finally found someone to talk to!

Have you ever had one of those dreams, or nightmares, or whatever, where you're in a crowded public place and suddenly there's just no one there at all? TPMtv has had them too. And wonders: are we lucid dreaming right now? And did Mike Huckabee just talk about Madonna? Another sort of dream entirely, but not one TPMtv is unfamiliar with.

Keep your jetpacks cooled for a little longer, people... Thass right. It's the R-N-Cee. It's Night Three. Tonight is the night... to grab your lady, hold her tight. And let her know that it's time to groove slow to... The Quiet Storm [presses low rumbling thunder sound effect button]:



As we've been reporting all week, there is a distinct difference in mood and tempo here at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul from the Democratic version last week in Denver. Nowhere is that difference more stark than in the area of music. Of course you recall the sound of Denver: machine gun funk. And the sound of St. Paul? Quiet Storm [presses low rumbling thunder sound effect button].

TPMtv before Rudy and Sarah. Strap on your jetpacks!