Posted by
Chris on Friday, August 29, 2008 1:55:05 PM
More on this later, but here's my quick assessment of the two history-making speeches in the last 24 hours. Barack Obama's speech was polished, skillful, well-orchestrated and chorographed in the entirety of the overall experience, obviously moving to many, and clearly striking a chord with much of the country in terms of wanting to get beyond racial and political division. A solid triple. And the decision to make a solid base hit rather than swing for the fences was in some respects probably a smart one. Hopefully I can address this later if time permits.
Sarah Palin, the newly announced VP pick for McCain, delivered a home run today. Solid, strong, substantive, patriotic, appealing to women, men, sports moms, disaffected Hillary voters, working couples, family values, on and on. Outside the beltway. Executive experience (short, but more than anybody else on either ticket). Well versed in energy issues. Palin was considered an unlikely choice, and has surprised a lot of people. Much of the afterglow of media attention Obama might otherwise have gotten will be transferred over to this historic new development. This contest has lately become the most interesting presidential race I can remember.