I thought John Edwards speech was below expectations last night. He seemed to be off. He didn't give the impression that he was comfortable and he did not wow me. After everything that I have read about him and his eloquence, I expected more from him. But he failed to deliver.
For me the highlight so far has been the speech given by Barack Obama. And of course Bill Clinton, but we know he can give a good speech.
I was surfing TV channels this morning and I watched CBN news this morning. CBN stands for Christian Broadcasting Network, and is a Pat Robertson baby. They interviewed the conservative types, and all of them were dissing Kerry. They pointed to his record in the Senate and brushed him off as an avowed liberal. The problem with Kerry is that he has a 20 year Senate record that he can't run away from. He has cast many hundreds of votes. Any one vote cited out of context can make him appear like a radical leftist. But Senate politics is more complicated than that. Senators routinely vote against bills they'd be better off supporting only to make a point. I myself am not swayed by these arguments. As we all know, the truth lies somewhere in between.
Kerry though has to give a real good speech tonight. I am not sure he can deliver. But didn't Bush surprise us all in 2000 by giving a decent speech?
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