DISQUS

I watched the interview and didn't see anything that couldn't be defended by McCain. Democrats have been saying since the minute Palin was picked that McCain would have to choose someone else, and they kept saying it as new rumors or facts were revealed. But it hasn't happened and won't. Republicans love Palin, and McCain has never polled so well.

The campaign continues.

I watched most of it live and re-read the transcript that night, and do plan to listen to the whole thing again at some point. I have no problem with the speech. I thought it was very good and made the case well.

Some of your points may end up being true, but let me just address number 6. Since you didn't vote for Hillary, there are 18 million people who know more about this point than you do.

Every day this week at the convention, the main news story was Hillary and party unity. What would she say, would Democrats unite? Well she hit it out of the park with her speech, and Bill Clinton did too, and then Biden followed strong and it was easy to be excited about being a Democrat, about the story of Obama and Biden and how hopelessly lost the Republicans were by comparison. Even those Democrats who were frustrated with the party, and disappointed with Obama in general, started to warm up to the ticket.

When McCain picked Palin, it was like none of the week had happened. Everything was reset back to the primaries, in how Hillary had been treated by the press, party, and Obama supporters, and how Obama had passed her over for VP.

On the issues, Palin is no Hillary. But every day for the next 2 months, Palin will be a reminder to disgruntled Democrats that Obama messed up.

I have to agree with RetiredMidn. Of course we should maintain proper tire pressure, and I agree with your premise about lots of small easy-to-achieve things making a difference, but this was one of the most disappointing things I've heard Obama say. Compared to Gore's bold energy speech a few weeks ago, Obama's comments look like a joke.

I hope Obama regains his footing at the convention.

Congrats on the win! I've started using TouchXML in a new Mac app. Sorry to have missed the dev camp -- sounds like it was a great weekend.

This is very cool. Well done.