I personally thought the highlights of the convention were;

1.) Fred Thompson, the near life long actor, talking about Obama being a celebrity. Hmmm.....

2.) Palin trashing Reid and the 'do nothing' Senate, and then immediately mentioning her running mate 'Senator John McCain'...

I'm not a Republican, and I still would have had someone other than Thompson take the 'celebrity' angle, and put some space between Palin's remarks.

Of course, I would have been inclined to have them actually address the issues instead of barking for three days on tabloid fodder, but of course, they never asked...