IMO, best paragraphs from each:

Condi Rice:

...“And on a personal note, a little girl grows up in Jim Crow Birmingham. The segregated city of the south where her parents cannot take her to a movie theater or to restaurants, but they have convinced that even if she cannot have a hamburger at Woolworths, she can be the president of the United States if she wanted to be, and she becomes the secretary of state,” Rice said.

“America has a way of making the impossible seemed inevitable in retrospect, but we know it was never inevitable,” she said. “It took leadership. And it took courage.”...
Full text and video: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80402.html

Susana Martinez, governor of NM:

(bit more than a paragraph, but context):

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to
stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer
real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone
else.

And I don't say that just because a Democrat is in the
White House, I was a Democrat for many years, so were my
parents.

Before I ran for district attorney, two Republicans invited
my husband and me to lunch, and I knew a party switch was
exactly what they wanted. So, I told Chuck, ``We'll be polite,
enjoy a free lunch, and then say good-bye.'' But we talked about
issues -- they never used the words Republican or Democrat,
conservative or liberal. We talked about many issues, like
welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of
government, how much should it tax families and small
businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and
I looked over at Chuck and said, ``I'll be damned. we're
Republicans.''
full text: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...rtinez-at-rnc/

And the man I'd hoped would run for President, but I'm still crazy about:

Best paragraph from Ryan's speech tonight, IMO:

...College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too, if you’re feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed, your leaders have failed you. ...
Complete text:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...d89_story.html