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.