The late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson famously said that when the going gets weird the weird turn pro, and Thursday night the RNC proved him right again: Jeb knows a lot about milk, Clint Eastwood covered Neil Diamond's greatest hit, and Peggy Noonan said it: "Romney had to achieve adequacy. He did."

Mario Piperni distills the RNC down to the essential question.

Slobber and Spittle reminds New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez that plenty of people still do tough, dangerous work, usually with precious little reward.

BagNews enjoys pizza with Mitt.

Bonus Track: Just Another Blog From L.A. takes a staff photo.

Round-up by Tengrain of Mock, Paper, Scissors who also blogs at Dependable Renegade. Send tips to: mbru@crooksandliars.com