Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Day 1 from the RNC: Brief speeches and convention are to GOP's advantage

National political conventions are corporate-donminated functions for the most ideologically biased people in the nation to gather and convince normal folks that they really care about them.

That's you and me watching on television -- C-Span for some political devotees such as myself and CNN, FOX and the other major networks for others. So how readily those of us at home drink the Kool-Aid or nectar matters most.

The Republican Party has been fortunate, actually, in that its convention has been abridged by its nominee, Sen. John McCain, out of concern for Gulf Coast residents due to then Hurricane Gustav. Less air-time means less opportunity to make mistakes. And the Democrats made many in Denver last week.

Accordingly, Dem nominee Sen. Barack Obama got the least bounce out of a gathering of political donkeys in recent history. Even President Jimmy Carter in his disastrous 1980 re-election campaign got a bigger bounce.

Day 1 at the RNC was short with brief speeches by First Lady Laura Bush and Sen. McCain's wife, Cindy McCain. These remarks mostly called for public response to the victims of Gustav.

Tonight brings President Bush, by long distance, and former Sen. Fred Thompson and Sen. Joe Lieberman to the convention podium. Look for Lierbeman, a former Dem VP nominee now turned political independent, to deliver the biggest blows to Obama's campaign and the Dems.

Tomorrow night, GOP VP pick Gov. Sarah Palin will speak and effectively wipe out any meaningful lead Obama has in the Gallup Daily tracking poll. She already has delivered $10 million in new donations to McCain's campaign over the past few days.

Gov. Palin will load the bases for clean-up batter Big John, who will deliver the GOP into the lead in presidential polls after Thursday.

Sure, it's still early. But who would have believed it for September?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As more people get to know Governor Palin the more they will see her strengths and her strong stand on how our nation can not be put in the hands of an untested, media created, anti-American racist like one Barak Obama. She will be seen as a down to earth regular citizen with a strong persona who is ready to be the first female VP in the history of the U.S.

On the other hand, the more that is seen and heard from the arrogant, self centered and power hungry Obama, the less he will start to appeal to the vast majority that will control this election and the fate of America.