The Return of the Live Blog - RNC Edition

9:31 PM: "I'm a Republican because I didn't want to grow up poor, waiting for the government to rescue me." Very effective line. But then he claims Palin "got more votes running for mayor. . .  than Joe Biden did running for President of the United States." Gets a loud response, but it makes no sense. First major example of logical fallacy tonight. 

9:25 PM: One of the better public speakers, Mike Huckabee, is up. Second speaker in a row to mention the "elite media." Well, at least they're no longer liberal. Elite, after all, means the best, right?

Huck drops a Madonna joke into the speech. He is a genuinely funny guy. His praise for Barack Obama's historic candidacy gets tepid applause. Then claims Obama brought back "European ideas" after his recent tour. Are we supposed to fear the ideas of our allies now? I'm a bit confused. 

9:13 PM: "USA! USA! USA!" And the backdrop looks like the world's largest Windows Vista screensaver. Romney gets the crowd fired up with comments about defeating "radical Islam." More defeated Republicans are coming up. Stay tuned.

9:05 PM: Romney is up, out of the gate and - OH! - he stumbles on a punchline. Reminds me of Barbaro at the Preakness. He adds a bit of the call and response stuff that made a number of Democratic speeches unbearable last week. He just called the Dems the party of "Big Brother" - has he read 1984?