I thought that Gov. Palin gave an extremely average speech last night.  Content-wise I thought it was strong but in style and form it was just a good “teleprompter” read but there is no doubt that it was well received in the hall.  After the speech one of the talking heads referred to the speech as “Obamaesque”.  I find that notion laughable.  Obama’s speaking skills have no current peer on the national circuit.  I don’t think much of his politics but the dude can do the public speaking part. 

I do believe that as her first-time in front of such an audience she did a fine job and I also thought that the content of her speech was fine but it was very ordinary.  Judging from what everyone else has to say, I’m open to the notion that I’m the only one….:)  It could be just me.  

I’ve had the creeping crud for the past few days so I’ve been laid up.  Hopefully I’ll be back at work and the City tomorrow.  I did take a nap yesterday so I was up late enough to see the speeches last night.  The speeches were fine but, being that this is a convention for a “maverick”, the message so far seems straight out of 2004.  This ain’t 2004 and the same strategy that worked for Bush isn’t going to work for Mac.  If it turns out that Tuesday night is a springboard for an appeal to a larger audience then it’s all good.  If they stay on the existing track, that’s bad… 

There’s still 2 nights left and Gov. Palin is up tonight so we’ll see what happens.