You're right about Rudy's speech. It was boring and it didn't go over well with the people I talked to in the room, and that was mostly the college students. I didn't hear one person say that Rudy had won them over or that they would vote for him. Compare that to Huckabee, Brownback, and Romney who all gave conservative speeches and left the people in the room impressed because at least they were TRYING to appeal to conservatives. Hunter and Tancredo got great receptions as well which was expected since they had the respect of the people in the room before they started talking. Rudy was the only candidate whose speech fell flat.
Great first-person report. I really appreciate it.
Hope you don't mind if I quote you! ;-)
"Rudy was the only candidate whose speech fell flat."
Moral to the story is, "an offering of solid horse exhaust at a steak dinner turns stomachs."