by Evie Stone

The fourth night of the RNC comes with a minor set change: the rectangular black stage has been rearranged into a sort of runway. The early speakers are positioned at a podium on the wide part of the stage, but McCain will deliver his acceptance speech from the end of the long outcropping, creating a "theater in the round" experience for the audience.

In delegate fashion news, tonight the Texans have paired their jaunty straw cowboy hats with Texas-flag button-down shirts. Colorado is wearing red western-style shirts. And a sprinkling of Alaskans are decked out in the delegation's signature oil-platform getup: hardhats with "drill here" printed on them and flourescent vests emblazoned with the photo of a caribou grazing peacefully in an oil field.