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!]