The Republican National Convention ended last night. Last week we watched the Democratic National Convention. Millions of people watched each night and that is the good news.

It’s wonderful that these “Broadway productions” are out of the way. The Democrats have a leg up on the Republicans for their “Broadway production” at Mile High Stadium in Denver.

I’ve never been to a National Convention. I was invited to attend the one in Minnesota as a member of the media (blogger), but like many people, I don’t have the money to spend on a trip like that.

So I read articles and watched it on different news channels and on C-SPAN. I visited the convention websites often. Both websites were good, but I have to say the Democrats’ site seemed a little better and easier to navigate.

The Montanans who attended the conventions reported back to the media around the state and some blogged about the events. It seems the Democrats held the edge on this, too, during their convention. But since the Democrats have the “in” with the media in Montana and the Montana media believes all the Democrats are truly wonderful, this was really not a surprise. The Montana Democrats seemed to get a little more “love” from our media, but when you are in the spotlight, it’s important not to be long-winded.

As far as I know, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann did not show up in Minnesota. I did hear the chant, “N-B-C sucks, N-B-C sucks” a few times. Olbermann has helped make NBC and MSNBC suck just a little more.

Olbermann’s people on the left tried to disrupt John McCain’s speech last night. So much for the Democrats supporting free speech. Very disrespectful. McCain has earned, probably more than most, the right to give his acceptance speech without the crackpots on the left disrupting it.

During both conventions, I caught myself thinking many times that those in attendance were the “haves” and many of us watching were the “have nots.” While I think that participating in a campaign is something everyone should do at least once, voting in an election is the most critical.

So now we are down to a couple months before the election on November 4. We’ve seen the media already take sides. It’s up to the rest of us to show our support for our candidates because in the end, our votes do count.

Let the fun begin!