Ann- very good.
Christie- uninspiring
they sound like Positive Thinking preachers and motivational coaches
that might work given 40% of the country detests Obama but in normal years it is yet again like always a losing strategy
this is about turnout...they would be wise to pump up the base volume
women are simply not as a whole gonna go majority GOP...neither are any minority except Viets, older Cubans and rich South American expats
the meat of the GOP is white males over 40 and married white women
get them motivated..the lib media is actually right even though they say it like it is the pejorative
this avoid confrontation and red meat conservatism gameplan stinks of Yankee Neo Con and moderate Republicans like Lowell Weiker or Everett Dirksen woulda liked
I just cannot believe it
the modern GOP establishment is basically Scoop Jackson democrats
(look em up children...educate yerself)
I’m a Conservative GOPer from New Jersey. I live here. I know what is and what isn’t.
I turn the sound off, or change the Channel when Christe speaks, just as I do when Obama speaks. Christie’ budget balancing is the same kind of gimmicks both parties have been doing in this state for decades. His reforma a less than half of whet they seem.
I will give him credit for, like Obama, from day i in office having the best PR and self promo team working for him.
I thought both Ann and Chris spoke very well TO THEIR ASSIGNED TARGET AUDIENCES.
For better or worse, Romney is running the show his way.
We want red meat and we are served a salad.
We want to be thanked, and we get snubbed.
Politics, Romney style, is now on display.
It is different than the McCain Method, so I give a wait and see to Romney/Ryan, unless they play small ball with their Campaign.
Christy had a short leash, but was dead serious about the TRUTH that we can expect to hear from Romney.
BTW, what a rude, duffouss Brit Hume was tonight when he talked over the top of the singing of our National Anthem! Chris Matthews, you have a competitor.
Both terrific and in their own personal styles.
Ann Romney was lovely, and her speech was wonderful. She spoke as a devoted wife, mother, and patriot.
Chris Christie is always fun to watch. He calls them as he sees them and that is what is needed. He is doing a great job in New Jersey.
The Dums will have a hard time topping this. They have nothing to run on, and nothing to try to sell except failure.
Both speeches were terrific.....reaching different audiences and helping to win Mitt’s election.
What a great night!
This is the lamest convention I ever saw.
It really confuses me why some Freepers want to see Obama occupy the White House for another 4 years. So much so, they actively campaign against their own nominee.
90% of Christi’s speech was about himself! I thought it sucked. It contained nothing to hammer Obama or promote Romney. ...Sure, he’s a good speaker, but a Keynote speaker at a political convention is supposed to rally the crowd to the Party and the candidate.
I think Chris Christie’s speech will be seen as more powerful as it sinks in what he really provided to the campaign.
Chris Christie, in the nicest, subtlest way possible, essentially made us see what a spineless President we have in office now.
Obama’s lack of spine, or, as Christie framed it, his penchant for choosing to be loved instead of respected, will have much more power with undecideds and independents than any “red meat” Chris could have thrown.
Christie said what had to be said, that getting out of this mess will not be painless, and it will take someone with spine to lead us out.
As someone who was for Sarah Palin, then Herman Cain, then Newt Gingrich, and I even liked Rick Santorum over Romney, I’m beginning to think we may have gotten lucky to end up with Romney-Ryan.
Getting Obama out has trumped all other considerations for me.
I think the Ann Romney speech may be a game-breaker. She put me more at ease with Mitt Romney, no small task.
When she walked out on stage, I said to myself “Wow, she is so beautiful”. I felt it was critical that her speech would provide a great contrast to Michelle Obama. I think she accomplished much, much more than that.
Ann Romney’s words, actions, and tone on that stage provided a stark contrast with all liberal women, without a disparaging word. Ann Romney was at once a throwback, and a call to what the future could be for all women.
At first, I saw some giddiness, and some girlish laughter that I wasn’t sure I liked. Then, as the speech went on, I realized her femininity was becoming, refreshing, apropriate, and exciting to see on that stage.
Contrast the vibe you got from Ann Romney with the angry, women-as-victims tone from the women of the left. Then think of Hillary Clinton.
Get my drift?
If this speech was designed to get women out there to re-think their support for the Democratic Party as surrogate husband, then I think she may have gotten some converts. Therein lies the power in Ann Romney’s speech.