Scott is keeping a closer eye on all of this than I am, but two quick recommendations to satisfy your convention-blog needs (a subset of the larger "work-avoidance needs" category).

First: William Saletan is offering good analysis, although like many convention bloggers, he probably would have been just as well served sitting in his hotel room with the TV turned to C-SPAN. Still, I usually don't remember to read him, safely ensconced as he is between the detestable Mickey Kaus and the most-irresponsible-headline-writing-editors this side of the Weekly World News. But he's worth a visit.

Second, it's nice to be able to count on Neal Pollack to handle self-deprecation for the entire online world.