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Thank you and as mentioned before, I've been watching political conventions since 1972 as a nine year old boy. I remember seeing both the Nixon and McGovern conventions while devouring 5 cent bags of David's sunflower seeds. I mention the seeds because during that summer, I spent hours eating those things.

Still too young to really understand what was going on but I found the roll call of delegates fascinating and was hooked ever since.

But typically over the years, the conventions were the same. Politician after politician giving their canned speeches to rapturous applause. But once in a while, you heard a great speech. Reagan's acceptance speech from 1980 is my personal favorite and can be found here. I really miss Ronald Reagan and Trump is probably the closest we are going to get to him in my lifetime.

But many of those speeches were boring as all get out. It seemed that speaking slots were handed out as favors and were heavily lobbied for. You'd have the dinosaurs of the past get on stage for one final moment of glory and then up-and-comers in the party would be featured as well. But pretty much all of them, career office holders.

This convention really broke that mold and I don't future conventions every going back to that old format.

I think you're right. This convention broke the mould and a more tele-convention is what we'll see from now on. And that's a nature fit for our on-line society.

Thanks for the link to Reagan's acceptance speech. I'm going to enjoy listening to that.

You know who has one of the greatest pure voices in politics? Mike Pence. He could easily be a narrator on the History channel or something.

Reagan was a great speech maker. But Trump has transformed speech-making into a more interactive deal. At his rallies, he plays to his audience and it feels more conversational.

During the 2016 campaign I submitted a vanity that contrast's Trump's style with Reagan's and other politicians:

Killing Camelot: How Trump is Smashing the Style of the Political Elite with his Character & Honesty

“But many of those speeches were boring as all get out.”

Were boring? :-)

They are STILL boring.
Not one politician came even close to moving me than did ALL of the “deplorable” Americans we heard on stage last night.

and though this will probably earn me a beatin’;
POTUS’ final speech would have been better if shortened a bit. Too much “rally talk”. But who am I to say? He’s the pro and must have had something he wished to say that had not been stated before. Perhaps in doing what he did was an effort to show the difference in the two party’s conventions (as this was what put us to sleep in the past).

Keep praying for America!