So there we have it, it's all over at the RNC for tonight.

The highlight was undoubtedly Ann Romney's effective and humanising address, that may have done more for Mitt Romney's personal image than many millions of Super Pac spending.

Chris Christie gave it all a harder edge, although it really did seem to be more about Christie.

The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland, who's here on the floor at the RNC, has some thoughts:

Ann Romney certainly spoke well and persuasively - but I have a slight and sneaking feeling that she may not quite have done the job of humanising her husband that Richard refers to. First, she had the burden of performing two tasks in a single speech, rather than just one. Besides advocating for her husband, she also had to rebut the notion of the GOP as a party that has become anti-women: hence the awkward-ish declaration that "I love women!" That meant diluting the case she made for Mitt. More important, though, was that what she did say about him tended to focus on the notion that he is competent and capable and would be a great CEO for USA Inc. That's all good for the campaign - but not exactly the humanising material that he needed. Beyond saying that her husband made her laugh and that he liked to give, even if he did not like talking about it, she did not add an awful lot more. And that was what she needed to do most.

That all makes sense. It also felt odd that after all that from Ann, Mitt just appeared and waved, when what we really wanted was for him to say something substantive.

It's worth noting that several words weren't mentioned even once tonight, that I noticed: George Bush, Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Iraq. Unless I missed them all, which is always possible, but otherwise: not a whisper.

All right, there we go. And we can do it all again tomorrow.