GOP: Night One

Blog quotes of the night:

Ramesh Ponnuru: "Thompson on McCain's Time as a POW: He makes it sound almost as impressive as turning down a Wall Street job."

Jim Lindgren: "To say that the press is doing the Democrats’ work for them would be an understatement."

Glenn Reynolds: "HOW THEY COULD HAVE KEPT THE PALIN PREGNANCY STORY OUT OF THE PRESS:  Leaked it that John Edwards was the father . . . .."

One piece of evidence in Jim Lindgren's favor is that apparently a couple of the cable networks didn't even bother showing the Fred Thompson speech, instead choosing to discuss Sarah Palin's daughter.  So, here is Fred Thompson:

And here is Joe Lieberman: