Last night, service (and saying "America is the greatest nation in the world") was the name of the game. Notice the many delegates waving service signs—they were doing so during the final crescendo of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing," one of the cheers-and-applause-laden spectacle's more comically awesome moments. Speechwise, Fred Thompson violently ripped Barack "history-makingly inexperienced" Obama a new one (which, like it or not, was by far the best-delivered speech of the night), and Ol' Joe Lieberman closed the night by crossing party lines (again) to endorse John "his own man" McCain, but neither speech felt as smooth as the elevator-ride seductions of Al Williams's jazz invocation.

Other musical moments included "Johnny B. Goode" (sure, we're on that page) and country singer Aaron Tippin's "I Got It Honest" (nailed it?), as well as a live performance by Rachael Lampa, which gave us an opportunity to step outside and catch up on our voice mail. Also, for the second time since the convention's commencement, Sarah Palin fell victim to a Freudian slip, when Jo Ann Davidson introduced her as Sarah Pawlenty, which must have left Tim imagining what could have been.