Shut Out of the Convention: Obama is moving his speech tomorrow to a venue one-third the size, to avoid the rain, but that means about 40,000 people who had tickets to see the president can't get in. "The move may not play so well for Team Obama... in a state that is definitely in the toss-up column for November," says Politico.

Madonna Jr: She's got a grueling winter concert schedule that comes to sunny Tacoma, Washington, in January.

Nate Silver on Obama's Prospects: "[O]ur forecast has moved toward Barack Obama over the past several days. It now gives him about a three-in-four chance of winning the Electoral College on Nov. 6."

Better than Mitt: "At its peak, Michelle received 28,003 tweets per minute last night — nearly two times the peak of Mitt Romney’s RNC speech at 14,289 tweets per minute."

The Convention Is Really Gay: Gayer then ever, in fact, with 535 LGBT delegates.

Busted: The Seattle Times can't explain why they like GOP McKenna's budget plan, but to the extent that they do, well, Democrats have already done it. Good work, PubliCola.

Syria's Business: Iran is helping out Syria's government by shipping military supplies over Iraqi airspace.

More Gay Marriage at DNC: Zach Walls, the son of two lesbians, will speak.

Journalism Is the New Pity Fuck: Knight foundation gives $3.7 million to local reporting projects (full disclosure: the Knight Foundation is flying me to a conference on poverty journalism tomorrow).

We're Going to Rebuild a Neighborhood: City council approves replacing Yesler Terrace—its oldest central housing project—with towers and a mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhood on First Hill. The population will increase tenfold.

This Is the Headline: "Has Weird Otter Voice."

Shitty Conduit: Did anybody else catch Fox News's Greta Van Susteren interviewing Democrats after last night's convention speeches? Because all she wanted to talk about Dems removing the word "God" from their platform. Who decided to remove it? Do candidates care? They don't care? Is the platform meaningless? Don't they realize how angrrrrry that will make Greta van Susteren? In related news, CNN would be vastly improved with a robust absence of Wolf Blitzer.

Strip Club Refuses to Pay Taxes: Taking their case to court, they say dancing qualifies for tax exemptions as "live dramatic or musical arts performances."