Could be anything really... the inevitability of an economic recession, a reference to the long-term stability of Iraq, etc.  I saw it more of just another attack on the lines of "Democrats are defeatists, and we Republicans are winners."

Just my opinion.

I'm still trying to figure out why Palin's nose is so important.

Anyway, I'm not so sure about the Obama Campaign's strategy to kinda "just ignore" Sarah Palin and let the media highlight all the troubles she has going on. The media has shown that they'll retreat as soon as they get called mean names from Republicans so I don't know how nice of a strategy of relying on them to actually REPORT the news is...

I'd make mention of how inexperienced she is to be a 72 year old man's heart beat away from the presidency, the scandals she's going through, and then how FAR right she is. Looking at her you kinda just think "eh, she doesn't look so crazy"....but people need to know, especially those swing voters, just how right wing conservative she actually is.

I think he is saying to Republicans to not roll over and croak.

the WORST speech since Jimmy Carter's 1980's speech.

Snooze...

My friend is who watched it is saying that his impression is that McCain was taken probably uncomfortable with how bloodthirsty the crowd was.  Any opinions on that?

Oh, and I CANNOT BELIEVE they did it again:

The lime green is BACK.  We've all be joking about that: "i don't suppose they'll make THAT mistake again."  People are still talking about the Republicans as if they are mad geniuses with running campaigns.  If your average political junkie can see what they're up to then they're slipping.  If the Democrats can breezily avoid their traps then they're slipping.  You're supposed to figure out what they're up to after it's already worked.

Can somebody put a tent over this circus?  Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens, provided he avoids jail, can both lobby for it - it can be a 200 million dollar tent in some uninhabited part of Alaska, I don't care.  They just need to go away.

These contrasts should have been flipped...

Very true and very insightful.

Wow! What good observations!

All those Repub emotions were upside down! Another sign of their disconnect. What a surly bunch they were!

A little kicker that didn't get screen time; Tom DeLay attended and was treated like a hero outside the hall.

What I saw coming from both conventions was one party moving into the 21st century, and the other still mired in 1992, as if nothing ever happened after that year.

I'm starting to believe I'm a witness to a party's collapse. If the Republicans can't shake off the 20th century, they'll soon be as viable as the Whigs.

So, how bad is polling going to look like for us on Monday?

I'm terrified that this afternoon the gallup is going to move A LOT! :-(

This speech was bad.  It was bad as Palin's speech was allegedly, and Obama's speech was actually, good.

Very, very bad.

Outside of the liberal blogosphere (in places like, oh, the GOP leadership) it is generally accepted that they're screwed.

Maybe he's dying?

We haven't seen his medical records for awhile.

i think his reference to history was a sideways attack on the Obama idea that dems were gonna make history this year. he is pleading with the GOPpers to not sit back but to take control of  history.

or sumthin' like that.

whatever, it didn't go anywhere. just like the rest of the speech.

Looks like she energized the base--though RNC fundraising numbers might dispute how much she energized it--but didn't do much else.

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Story? id=5725793&page=1

Yeah at times the structure of the speech had the predictability of a 10th grader's persuasive essay.

is actually a paraphrase of something Churchhill said - and my guess is that is what he was trying to invoke.

I believe he was trying to address the sense of pessimism in the country that its best days are behind it and that were are destined to be in thrall to the inscrutable mandarins in Beijing.   But as with the rest of the speach, it was weak and opaque.

And was anyone else nausiated by the overt politicization of our military and flag?   Joe Biden's son, who will also be deploying to Iraq, simply said that he wouldn't be able to be here to campaign for his dad.   Palin and her fluffers must have mentioned the point that Trick or whatever his name is is going off to Iraq, and how many active duty soldiers were in that audience?   Then of course the imagery of Palin in her video with all of the soldiers superimposed.  You might have thought that she was leading a tank column into Baghdad.  

These people have no ideas and no record to run on.  It's all kabuki theater and warm but hypocritical words out of their lying mouths.   They mock community organizing, they cheapen discourse on important topics, and they preach a hatred borne of insecurity and greed.   They are the modern day Romans.

I noted the inevitability comment as well. I think it ties in with the theme of the convention which was to convince the base that it isn't a foregone conclusion he's going to lose. A bid for turnout.

What I found even more funny was Cindy's bio film. The cute part about how they met, and saw each other across the room at a party, and somehow got fixed up by someone, and how she fell in love at once. No mention of how he was screwing Cindy while still married to his first wife. Somewhat revisionist?

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Tuesday through Thursday

Obama is the future.

McCain is history.

I'm OK with that.

The guy can hardly walk, he ain't gonna "fight" for sh*t!

"McCain, Obama campaigns grapple for 'change'"

This was a headline on MSNBC.com

What JOKE!

Progressive Blue

Just the rant of a confused old man...means nothing.

Hmm, the fight thing made me say "Right On!" and I almost expected him to say "So let's fight for Barack Obama this November!"

He was seriously trying to steal something.

Great point about the booing.  It comes off very bad.  Hate is never attractive.

But really, the convention suuuUUUUUUUUuuuuucked!

Have you seen the "Walter Reed" thing at TPM? Hilarious!

The Republicans gave it their best shot, but it won't be enough, I think.  I'll wait for next week's polling.

I think McCain was casting himself as the underdog and calling for help when he said "nothing is inevitable here".  America loves an underdog.

"I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them. I will open new markets to our goods and services. My opponent will close them. I will cut government spending. He will increase it. My tax cuts will create jobs. His tax increases will eliminate them. My health care plan will make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance. His plan will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government run health care system where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor."

Did this strike anyone as sounding kinda like a bad Jackov Shmirnoff impersonation?

The entire Repug convention was just a feel good convention, nothing else.