Does Anyone Remember When Politics Was a More Genteel Sport?

So, Obama is set to give his acceptance speech this evening at 10pm EDT, after five hours of cheerleading.

So, what do I see when I pop open the Drudge Report?

WHO’S THE MATE: MCCAIN HAS DECIDED… DEVELOPING…
PERSON NOTIFIED TODAY…
SOURCE: NAME MAY LEAK AT 6 PM ET… WITH SOME SORT OF CONFIRMATION AT 8 PM… DEVELOPING…

Sigh.  In a more polite political era, candidates didn’t walk over one another’s big announcements.