So, we set the TiVo to tape the Democratic Convention on CNN. It started coverage at 5:00pm, so I figured it would be the most comprehensive. Several hours into the replay, all I'd gotten was Wolf Blitzer yapping for hours, John King playing "Master of the Map," and a bunch of bit players trying to get the scraps of airtime Wolf would throw out. Oh, and James Carville looking like he'd swallowed something really bitter (which actually made me happy).

The "best team in politics" routinely talked over speakers (including Nancy Pelosi), only grudgingly allowed that people might want to see any of the video montages, and then bitched ad nauseum about how the Democrats offered no "red meat" on this first day. Considering that I don't think the "best team in politics" listened to any of the convention going on behind them, I'm not surprised they felt that way.

So, after a while of this, when we'd caught up to live TV (just as Ted Kennedy was ending his speech) we started flipping around. We settled on two channels, PBS, for unfiltered coverage (with just the occasional and well-placed explanatory comment, like who that was on stage), and NBC, for political punditry. ABC was a candidate, but I couldn't take much of Diane Sawyer trying to be relevant again (where has she been?).

Tonight, we'll watch PBS and NBC, and we may give ABC a chance again. But, and this is all I have to say on the matter, poor Katie Couric. And is it just me, or is Brian Williams starting to turn into Peter Jennings? Look at him around the eyes. That's not a bad thing.

How's your Convention Coverage going? Do tell.