Chris Huff : Not too transparent! Thanks PBS for your reporters ho-hum and extraordinarily somber attitudes at the RNC AS COMPARED with the smiles and exhuberance of those same people during the DNC. Quite evident of your preferences and support. Perhaps it is time to pull tax payer subsidies to PBS and NPR.

Mac Patel : I have been watching for years, quite religiously, your News Hour. I am totally disgusted with the bias that you show at times, in your reporting. I can't understand how you can be so blind about the succeess of the our brave men in Iraq and Afghanistan and through out the world. Economy, unquestionably is important but when you look at the danger we are facing from the orthox muslims we are all finished sooner than you think. Orthodox Islamists have taken an oath to kill every single non-muslims in the world. Every muslim is brain-washed every single day, from the time they are born. And you in the media are trashing the freedom fighters like Bush and McCain. Shame on you, unless you are an orthodox muslim that we are not aware of.

Dulyn McClellan : With the skyrocketing epidemic of teen pregnancies in all parts of the United States, are there no laws still on the books regarding statutory rape? When I was a teen in the late 50's, the threat of being charged, prosecuted and convicted of statutory rape was a big deterant to teens becoming sexually active among themselves. Why are teen boys and young men not being prosecuted for statutory rape when they impregnate a minor girl? Is the father-to-be of Gov. Palin's minor daughter's baby being forced to marry the girl, a "shotgun wedding" as we called long ago? Thank you for addressing this question.

Mark from Huntsville : Reply to Chris Huff comment: I watched the convention speakers and they were boring. Did you take a look at the other networks?? If you're throwing a party, I expect you to "throw a party" NOT wait for me to show up and "get the party started." In case you're wondering I'm an Independent and I vote as I see it. Perhaps tonight will be better as everyone is waiting to hear what Gov. Palin has to say. Good going PBS/NPR, although it would be nice if you had something to say about Ron Paul, SOME of what he says makes since and intrigues me.

gmeyer : Oh Chris... Have you never watched nor listened to PBS or NPR? What on earth could you be thinking condemning either for somber disinterest?!!! Both institutions are loyal to their listeners and supporters; I myself, being both, find the RNC a tragic display of pandering to the under-educated, emotional, MALE, white dominated right. It's the same old convention...let me emphasize OLD. Perhaps you Chris, would be happier back at Fox News?

Larry linn : I don't know what all the fuss is about regarding McCain's and Palin's credentials. They are first rate. McCain being the son of an Admiral and the Grandson of an Admiral went to the Naval Academy. Due to the fact that his father and grandfather were both active Admirals I'm sure he was under extreme pressure to do well and that's the reason he finished 894th out of a class of 899. He only wrecked 4 airplanes while in Navy Flight School. Isn't that about average? And Palin. C'mon people, she's definitely ready to be president. I don't know how she managed it but she was able to get into the University of Idaho Journalism School. It's a known fact you can't get into the Univ of Idaho unless your dad is a Congressman or donates enough money to build a new dormitory. I can tell you one thing for sure it's a heck of a lot harder for a White Girl with Connections to get into the University of Idaho than it would be for some Poor Black Kid to get into Columbia and Harvard Law School. That's a no brainer.... And then she was the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. How could that not prepare you to be Vice President and one heart beat away from President? Why Wasilla is bigger than most high schools in this country! So what if she ran a budget deficit every year she was mayor. Its the American way.......heck, between 1980 and 2008 there have only been 5 years that this country has had a budget surplus....1996 thru 2001. So, no big deal there. But if you want experience lets talk about her heading the Alaska Oil Conservation Commission. There she headed up the entire department of 22 people. WOW!!!!! I wasn't sure how she managed such a powerful and stressful position so I went to their website and found the 22 people listed and 10 of them had the title of administrative assistant. See, she knows how to spread around authority. That's very presidential. And can you believe those crazy democrats? Trotting out Obama's Law Degrees from Columbia and Harvard. And bragging how he was the President of the Harvard Law Review, his 10 years teaching constitutional law at the Univ of Chicago Law School, his 8 years in the Illinois State Senate and his 4 years and a United States Senator. Bah! Just because this nation was built on a constitution of laws doesn't mean squat. And Biden. C'mon! His resume is a joke. A degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware, a Doctorate of Law from Syracuse University, 36 years as a United States Senator of which 12 years were as Chairman of the United States House Judiciary Committee. He then took over as Chairman of the United States Foreign Affairs Committee for the past 11 years. Isn't it obvious that OBAMA AND BIDEN no credentials to be president or vice-president. You'd have to be an idiot to think otherwise........ I mean the only thing worse would be if they had a pregnant un-wed underage teenage little girl or a spouse that belonged to a party that wants Alaska to succeed from the United States. If that were the case you would have to be a complete idiot to vote for them.

Mark from Huntsville : To Larry linn comment: What in the Hell are you talking about??? Yes, all of the candidates have problems and are obviously people who live in a reckless world but that doesn't mean that any one of them isn�t capable of doing a great job. Where do you work?? Have you considered what it would be like if you had to be scrutinized and held to an incredible standard to do the job that you do?? Cut them all some slack, nobody's perfect and at least they have the guts to get out there and do something and are willing to try instead of just blogging like you and I.

Jeff : If Gwen considers herself a professional journalist she should try to work on controlling her disdain a little harder. Objective? Come on.

Sarah : After watching the Republican Convention on NewsHour.....Objective journalism is not one of Renee's strengths...she came across like a wet rag!!! The whining was a real turn off!!!

erika : sen. obama is running against sen. mccain. period. NOT palin. and palin's "experience" is not relevant against that of obama's but rather against that of sen. biden's, VP to VP. this business of executive experience is kind of ridiculous. dubya had executive experience and look how well that's worked for us. the bottom line is that it is time for someone to call republicans on their hypocrisy. you can talk about your down syndrome son, your enlisted son, but your expecting daughter is off limits? why is that? palin says that disabled kids have an ally in the white house; but why don't young girls who are having kids before they are ready have an ally in the white house? perhaps it is because it doesn't jive with the republican stance on abstinence and (christian) family values. well, i know young women who make the decision to have their babies everyday but they aren't applauded, they are vilified as not having self respect, self-restraint, or good family values. and somehow this translates into palin being relatable and therefore a good VP? that could not be further than the truth.

Sarah : After watching the Republican Convention on NewsHour.....Objective journalism is not one of Renee's strengths...she came across like a wet rag!!! The whining was a real turn off!!!