An Event Horizon of Utter B.S.

++The title refers to Charles Pierce's essay on the Tampa Convention on the Esquire blog site. Pierce went ape of what he perceived as a night of lies, evasions and other mendacity. He blasted the speakers for rejecting "the idea of a genera political commonwealth as expressed through the national government."

++Meanwhile Mitt Romney's donors were being honored today on board a 150-ft yacht named Cracker Bay which was flying the flag of the Cayman Islands. Pretty brazen.

++Ann Romney told Hispanics that had to overcome their prejudice against her husband. I guess they remember when he underpaid them for mowing his lawn.

++Speaking of lawns, 82-year old Clint Eastwood is supposed to be the "special surprise guest speaker".

++Willard has lost support during the Convention so far as Gallup has propelled into a 47-46 lead.

++PPP has Obama with his smallest lead yet in Nevada 50-47.

++PPP has Obama up 53 to 40 in Connecticut.

++Rutgers has Obama up 51 to 37 in New Jersey.

++Last night Chris Christie bragged about how his father made it by himself. He came back from the war and worked at the Breyer's Ice Cream factory--good ice cream--, received the non-governmental G.I bill and then graduated from Rutgers, the non-state school, to become the first in his family to graduate college. He seemed to have received some help there.

++A federal judge has slapped down Governor Scott of Florida's draconian restrictions on third party groups registering voters. That is potentially good news for Democrats and free-thinking Americans.

++Meanwhile the Energizer President was out at Fort Collins in Colorado yesterday speaking before a crowd of 13,000 and then showed up today in Charlottesville, Virginia to another huge crowd. I guess people don't find him as menacing as the Tampa crowd.

++The Puerto Rican press have something to write about in Tampa. Last night as the Ron Paul crowd was acting out, the committeewoman from the Puerto Rican delegation was trying to speak and then the audience started chanting U.S.A!, U.S.A! I remember when the GOP courted Puerto Rico and promised it statehood. Guess not now.