[conservative in nyc]

I dunno. My wife is 25 and she was highly annoyed by the Bush daughters. She said (and I quote), "God! They sound like a couple of airheads!"

That's exactly the point. Today was a day for breaking the tired stereotypes on who is or should be a Republican. You had a self-made Austrian immigrant who came here with nothing yet made millions in acting and real estate before becoming governor of Cal-e-for-nee-ya. He tried to explain why legal immigrants and every-day hard-working Americans should be Republicans. You had the "Clueless" twins breaking the stereotype that all young Republicans are stiff, stuck up aristocrats, to get the youth vote. And you had First Lady Laura Bush trying to explain mainly to women voters why President Bush isn't an evil warmonger. Today's speeches weren't really directed toward the Republican base; they were meant to reach out to swing voters and women.

[Prime Choice]

That's exactly the point. ... Today's speeches weren't really directed toward the Republican base; they were meant to reach out to swing voters and women.

Okay, I'll buy that. One question, though: who (besides Fox News) is even carrying the RNC Convention live? I don't recall seeing it on CSPAN, and I know for darned sure that once this night's events go through the Left-o-Filter of the "mainstream" media, the message will have been irretrievably corrupted.

[alameda]

Well said and ditto that...

[TOUGH STOUGH]

If the Republicans continue to lose focus in their attempt to be all things to all people, they are going to lose their base.