I give Palin’s speech a A+...I give McCain’s speech a B-.
It sounded very typical of a campaign stump speach and that was it. The best part were the few zingers he threw in there and the last 2-3 minutes when he showed actual passion and energy about standing up.
The rest was pretty boring.
For any conservative leaning person, McCain’s speech was not exiting, at all. But all last night, it was a time to talk to more moderate voters - McCain’s big supporters.
We’re not voting for McCain anymore, though, we’re voting for Palin and whatsisname.
I think McCain did exactly what he was trying to do - reintroduce himself, and assure middle America that he would be steady at the helm and continue to “work for them” to change Washington.
mccain needed to tell Americans what he would do, that he understands the economy, that people are struggling (he won’t do a Hannity and say the economy is wonderful when it really isn’t) and that he can deal with unemployment, education and health care instead of just talking about the military or bashing Obama all the time.
He said he wanted to double the child tax exemption from $3500 to $7000. Those are specific concrete numbers that make a real difference in a family’s bottom line and not some vague abstraction. The entire country needed to hear this.
Obama kept saying McCain doesn’t get it, has no specific ideas and doesn’t care about the economy. This is exactly what McCain needed to do.