Damning Sarah Palin with fatuous praise

Rebecca Sinderbrand of CNN makes an interesting point about the opening session of the Republican National Convention:

Besides drawing on the persecution factor, the Palin talking points of the week have been aimed at bolstering the Alaska governor's commander-in-chief credentials. Viewers were reminded that she'd run a municipality and the largest state in the union. The fact that her city had fewer than 10,000 residents, and her state one of the lowest populations in the nation, made it seem speakers were damning McCain's running mate with fatuous praise.

CNN also reports on how the Democrats have reacted to the speech of their erstwhile (and still perhaps, nominal) colleague, Joe Lieberman, leader of the Joe Lieberman party:

A senior Barack Obama campaign adviser said Lieberman flat-out lied when he told delegates that Obama never successfully reached across party lines.

"Joe Lieberman ought to be ashamed of himself for some of the things he said tonight, not as a Democrat but as an American," adviser Robert Gibbs said on "Larry King Live."