A few thoughts on the convention so far:
Barack Obama is a rising star. His speech was amazing as a keynote address and a face for the democratic party. The Republicans don’t have a shot in Illinois at this point, even if Mike Ditka was to change his mind.
Ron Reagan’s speech was worthless, if only because it was the first policy speech made in the first two days and stem cell research has not been proven to be a swing issue. I was watching delegates staring at him during it with this, “why are we hearing this in primetime?” look on.
Teresa Heinz Kerry’s speech failed at what Democrats were hoping for… an in-depth look into her husband, similar to Elizabeth Dole’s amazing speech eight years ago. Instead, it was a half hour ramble.
Overall, it’s great to hear how wonderful America is over and over, but I’d like to hear a few more policy ideas (outside of stem cell research) that convince me as an undecided voter why the Democratic party is great. I also thought it was unfortunate that they moderated Dean’s tone… frankly if they let Teddy Kennedy go nuts, they should’ve let Dean be Dean. It is necessary to provide the differences between “us” and “them” as well, and Dean does it as well as anyone.
I’ve really enjoyed watching everything so far, and can’t wait to watch the next couple of days as well.
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