Trump's Republicans are scoring on issues Democrats wouldn't mention

You know the first two nights of the Republicans’ virtual national convention have gone well when you see that Politico’s Playbook led off with a lame joke aimed at reviving Democrats’ conspiracy theory about the Postal Service, that the agency is hiring a new lobbyist. Har har har.

The more pertinent news is that both parties have adapted deftly to the virtual format. Democrats invented an amusing roll-call procedure, showing people from each state touting its virtues, and Republicans even improved on it a little.