I thought Arnold's speech was terrific, and the First Lady really has to do a speech on the networks, and she did fine.
I do think that perhaps Arnold should have been up last, but I don't think it's going to turn the election.
Arnold was great.
You know, as a social conservative, I have this observation.
It seems that the social conservatives who get to speak end up talking not about the eminently defensible social cons agenda, but about "compassion." I am fed up with that. It seems that because they (er, we) are religious right that we have to show our our faith leads us to be compassionate....they are scared about being socially conservative I think.
Which means also that social conservatives spend a lot of time apologizing for the social conservative agenda such that our fiscal/economic agenda gets shortchanged.
Arnold, on the other hand, is not a social conservative. He's a liberal. But on the fiscal issues and on economic freedom, he didn't come across as a moderate at all, but really a libertarian. This was refreshing. He had the guts to call the democrats socialists (reference to HH in 68). He had the guts to denounce communism and socialism in Europe and making it clear that socialism is the opposite of freedom.
Thus, in the end, Arnold actually did a better job of carrying my agenda than most other Repubs, including those who are socially conservative.
Interesting, really, if you think about it.