Vanity Fair gave this assesment of the outfits worn by Mrs. McCain and Mrs. Bush to open the Repub convention.

"So we asked our fashion department to price out their outfits.

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500Stuart Weitzman heels: $325Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000Shoes, designer unknown: $600Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100 Wow!

Good middle class values represented there.

From the Washington Post: Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies began tracking diversity at political conventions 40 years ago.