CHekc it out. Its sad but funny. It's been that kind of day.

"the prime-time speaker lineup is anomalously moderate — so the RNC must run a delicate tight-wire act to make it seem like the principles in play aren’t mutually exclusive. But as the Republicans get ready to take their turn at presenting party unity in New York, the GOP’s moderate malcontents made themselves known — and were all but ignored by the leadership — at the Republican Platform Committee meetings that got under way this morning in the cavernously empty Javits Center. The Log Cabin Republicans, the gay organization that the RNC tries to ward off like the evil eye, along with the Republicans for Choice, hatched a plan to either strike or soften language in the platform that endorses constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage and abortion. They also wanted to offer a “Party Unity Plank” that says republicans can agree to disagree on such sensitive topics. "

Meanwhile Bush and Schwarznegger advance teams scour the city looking for firemen for photo-op for both...

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