McCain's Speech

He's hardly Obama in terms of lifting an audience but he plays to his strengths.

Strong, expressly praising Obama, talking of changing Washington (who was in power for the last few years? Space aliens?) the speech was solid.

McCain came across as realistic and a leader for tough times. Expectations for the speech were low and he exceeded them. The expectations for Obama's speech were so high no one could meet them. The result -- a McCain win, at least as regards convention speeches.

Obama needs to regroup -- my sense is that the Straight Talk Express is cruising along in high gear... .