RNC 3: The Wrath of Zell

Zell-out: The Wilkie story was good. Pedestrian speech. Surreal as well. Who wrote this? Good slaps at Kerry. Weapons system votes hurt Kerry. "Wrong, weak, wobbly hurts as well. Grade: B (on the strength of the Kerry shots)

Lynne Cheney-Nothing special here. Generic intro. grade: N/A

Pork chop-Nice Edwards joke about sex appeal. "Vibrant growing economy" heh. Cadence was weird. Boring laundry list of achievements. Anti Kerry sensitive joke was good. Kerry takes a beating but still a lukewarm speech though. grade: B-

Overall: "Flip flop" was tiresome. Zell was surreal. Did anyone see him challenge Matthews to a duel? J.C. Watts was cracking up on the Hardball set. But getting Zell to the front page is a good move by Republicans. Kerry still hasn't answered the specifics given in this night and it's killing him. grade:B+/B