Thursday, July 29, 2004
Props To The Dems
All in all a pretty good convention for the Democrats. John Kerry gave a very rousing, patriotic, positive speech. I think he certainly didn't lose anyone and probably gained a couple undecided votes, at least until Bush has his chance.
Probably the standout was Barak Obama on Tuesday. You can find his speech on-line and ever just reading it, you will find it to be powerful and compelling. He's not even running for anything related to me and I wanted to vote for him. He was the most impressive figure to me at the whole convention.
It will be very interesting to see how the Republicans respond. For the first time in a long time the Democrats have framed the election. They've set the stage for a positive campaign with a pretty specific platform that contrasts well with Bush. Of course, we all know that this won't be a positive campaign, but now Kerry's set it up to appear as if anything negative here on out was Bush's fault. Kerry also did a good job of making a case for himself as President. I think he appeared very presidential and he did an effective job of knocking down one of the Republicans strongest attack points which was aiming at Kerry personally. After tonight they might have to focus more on the issues. That isn't one of Bush's strong points right now.
I don't know that there's much room for a bump from the convention. It was funny how the Republican pollsters predicted a 15 point bump. That way when it doesn't happen, they can talk about how disappointing the convention must have been for the Democrats.
Probably the standout was Barak Obama on Tuesday. You can find his speech on-line and ever just reading it, you will find it to be powerful and compelling. He's not even running for anything related to me and I wanted to vote for him. He was the most impressive figure to me at the whole convention.
It will be very interesting to see how the Republicans respond. For the first time in a long time the Democrats have framed the election. They've set the stage for a positive campaign with a pretty specific platform that contrasts well with Bush. Of course, we all know that this won't be a positive campaign, but now Kerry's set it up to appear as if anything negative here on out was Bush's fault. Kerry also did a good job of making a case for himself as President. I think he appeared very presidential and he did an effective job of knocking down one of the Republicans strongest attack points which was aiming at Kerry personally. After tonight they might have to focus more on the issues. That isn't one of Bush's strong points right now.
I don't know that there's much room for a bump from the convention. It was funny how the Republican pollsters predicted a 15 point bump. That way when it doesn't happen, they can talk about how disappointing the convention must have been for the Democrats.
