The Speech

[sleigh]

I just watched Sarah Palin's speech.

I think if anyone is dismissing her as a lightweight and a pushover, they are sadly mistaken. This could be very interesting.

Comments

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Political Rule of Thumb: The first person to invoke Harry Truman loses the election. At minimum, they know they're waaaaay behind. It's far worse when a Republican does it than when a Democrat does it.

I stopped watching when Palin invoked Truman, conveniently leaving out his experience as a senator...

See coverage of the RNC on my LJ. I interviewed a lot of people who are gung-ho about the choice. The GOP base is small and, I suspect, shrinking.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Well, I can hope you're right about the Truman Law. :-) But personally I thought it was a barn-burner of a speech for the intended audience, and really fired up that base. I think she might fire up some of those who had drifted away and bring them back.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

The speech was the easy part. She was preaching to the choir. I think a lot of people are going to be more turned off by her pugnacity than enthralled by it.

The best thing to do with a mad dog that can't bite you is to ignore it.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

I do hope you're right and her viciousness turns off everyone but the base who wants it. But the Veep candidate's role is usually to be the pug dog in the fight; it appears she relishes the role.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

There are some interesting early poll results here.

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/margie-omero/

I have no idea who Margie Omero is, though I'm guessing she's a Democrat.

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

She's a better speaker than McCain, but that's not saying much.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

McCain is a mediocre speaker. He hesitates, he steps on his best lines, and when he gets a response he likes he flashes a frozen grin to the audience. I don't expect his speech tonight to have the fire that Palin's had.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Not much at all.