If you only pay attention to right wing media, you probably came away with the conviction that the Republican convention was an unparalleled triumph, while the Democratic convention was a dismal failure. Seriously, folks — that’s what they areall shouting in unison today...

...But here’s a collection of newspapers from swing states that show how the DNC and Obama’s speech played in the real world, and surprise! It’s nothing like the disaster the wingnuts and beltway pundits are trying to imagine it was.