Barack Obama, upstaging John McCain in Denver

Yeah, I know the national media sucks. But most people get their news locally, and on that front, Barack Obama is doing pretty damn well, thank you very much.

The announcement that he will accept the nomination at Invesco Field is a perfect such example. On a day where John McCain was physically in Denver, and when Barack Obama was diverted to St. Louis due to airplane troubles, he still managed to upstage McCain, leading the local news -- and in fine fashion:

I've also included coverage of McCain's town hall in this clip. The McCain coverage was pretty good. But the key point here is that today was a day when he was supposed to be the candidate leading the local news -- instead, not only did he not lead the local news, but Barack Obama did.

And he did it without being in town. That's a pretty good days work, and there's nothing the national press corps can do about it.