MEGAN MCARDLE: “According to Nielsen, none of you are watching the conventions. An even lower none than in 2004, which was itself a dramatic decline from the lackluster ratings of 2000.” So is it the conventions themselves, or the tiredness of the network coverage?

UPDATE: A good question from Ed Driscoll: “Why watch it on TV when there’s wall-to-wall Blogosphere coverage—particularly firsthand reporting of the action outside the hall?”

Good point. Here’s some of that.