Best DNC moments you probably didn't see

While everyone is rushing off to find out if John McCain's VP pick is related to Michael Palin, I want to remind readers that the best political team in television is not necessarily the one in front of the camera.

While I certainly don't mind all the pundit analysis going on during the day, once the convention gavel banged open the session each night, I found myself spending less and less time watching the commercial cable news channels and more time enjoying C-SPAN's unfiltered coverage.

Sure, there was more canned rhetoric produced in Colorado this week than canned beer. But it just strikes me as rude and pointless to have the news anchors continually talking over it -- anyway, I've already said that.

So let's get to the videos of the best moments from DNC that you probably didn't see because they happened when the networks weren't carrying the convention (and the other cable channels were mostly using the DNC stage as a backdrop).

Dennis Kucinich stopped inches short of calling once again for the impeachment of George W. Bush. Whatever it says about the delegates, they ate this up.

A group of ordinary Dems, carefully chosen from battleground states, effectively highlight the party's theme of Broken America. At least watch until you hear the crowd chant, "Bar-NEY! Bar-NEY!"

Govs. Deval Patrick and Brian Schweitzer, each in its own inimitable way, advance party themes and demonstrate some of the party's bench strength.

All these videos come from C-SPAN's amazing Convention Hub website.