I think a good indicator that the base is ready to rock is the amount of money McCain is taking in. I didn’t like his speech at all, but it seems that he was trying to appeal to moderates and independents so we’ll see next week as you suggest how things have played out.
That’s true. McCain really wasn’t talking to us here on Thursday. He gave us and Sarah on Wednesday. Thursday was talking to the “moderates” and to undecideds - people concerned about America, not ideology. I could hardly stand most of Thursday myself, but he was not talking to me.
We’ll just have to see ... no matter what, though, he got the conservatives back into the Republican party last Friday - with two little five-letter words: Sarah Palin.