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Category: Republican National Convention

Reality checks

Some insta-questions about some of the e-mail traffic flying tonight.

--Obama campaign adviser Anita Dunn tonight, reacting to Mitt Romney's speech and his dig at Michelle Obama's proud-for-the-first time comments during the primaries: "Barack Obama has said that families are 'off-limits,' and we thought that John McCain agreed. ... Mitt Romney's attack on a candidate's wife is as pathetic as his failed presidential campaign," said Obama campaign senior advisor Anita Dunn.

So Michelle Obama can regularly campaign for her husband (including an appearance in Pontiac), deliver a well-received speech at the Democratic National Convention, but now she's supposed to be just as "off-limits" as Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter? Hmmm. ...

--Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis after tonight's Palin speech: "Governor Palin electrified the convention and left zero doubt that she is qualified, experienced and ready to be the next vice president of the United States."

So Barack Obama is "just words," an empty-suit celebrity who can only deliver a good speech, but Sarah Palin, after one speech, is clearly, with zero doubts, qualified to be vice president? Hmmm. ...