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I think the content to the McCain speech was better than the content of the Palin speech (but the Palin speech did have some really good one/two liners). But I thought Palin did a much better job on the presentation side.

I also think the McCain speech did a better (was it enough?) job or giving the undecideds something to think about, whereas I think the Palin speech was geared much more towards the core of the red team. Hopefully the Palin pick, along with her words/ actions leading up to the election will be enough to energize enough of the base to actually go and vote. While hopefully McCain can work towards pulling in more and more of the undecideds.

I think there were a number of times during the McCain speech where the base in attendance were reluctantly applauding, but are not on board with what he was saying.

Such as this:

Quote:

I’ve fought corruption, and it didn’t matter if the culprits were Democrats or Republicans. They violated their public trust and they had to be held accountable. I’ve fought big spenders in both parties who waste your money on things neither need nor want. And the first big-spending, pork-barrel earmark bill that comes across my desk, I will veto it. I will make them famous and you will know their names.

And this:

Quote:

I fight to restore the pride and principles of our party. We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us. We lost the trust of the American people when some Republicans gave in to the temptations of corruption. We lost their trust when rather than reform government, both parties made it bigger. We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties and Senator Obama passes another corporate welfare bill for oil companies. We lost their trust when we valued our power over our principles.

But he swung them back around when he followed that bit up with this bit:

Quote:

We’re going to change that. We’re going to recover the people’s trust by standing up again to the values Americans admire. The party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan is going to get back to basics.

One thing I would have liked to have heard more of was specific policy plans. Did not really hear enough of that during either convention.

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