July 29
John Kerry takes the podium tonight at the Democratic convention to deliver the speech of his life.
As the ABC Nightline team says in its daily email:
John Kerry's acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention tonight is scheduled for about 55 minutes. Think about that. 55 minutes. I challenge you to go and stand in front of a mirror right now and talk for 55 minutes. You have to introduce yourself, talk about your vision for the country and, of course, make people like you. When you think about it, it is probably one of the toughest things we ask of politicians. Whether you support John Kerry or the President (who will be making his own case in a few weeks), on some level you have to admire the fact that people are able to do that. So tonight we just get to sit back and listen.
Ron Brownstein in the LA Times makes an interesting point that, even with Kerry's bounce from the convention, the worrying thing is that the president's approval rating refuses to sink. He says:
"(But)..several recent surveys have shown Bush's job approval rating slightly improving as Iraq slips more from the front pages; among persuadable voters in the Annenberg survey, Bush's approval rating rose from 44% last month to 50% now, placing him right at the level that has historically separated winning, from losing, incumbents."
The high point of the speeches at the gathering thus far - leaving aside the address by former President Bill Clinton, arguably the finest public speaker of his generation - has probably the keynote speech by Barack Obama.
The upbeat reaction to his address (as one blog put it: "Obama's been lauded") has resulted in plenty of positive ink.
Mother Jones has a nice piece from "inside the bubble of the bubble" on media coverage.
Michael Moore's 'showdown' with Bill O'Reilly was worth a watch, even if we didn't really gain any insights we weren't expecting.
Finally; this week's best bumper sticker so far portrays Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft with the slogan "Don't Change Horsemen in the Middle of an Apocalypse."
John Kerry takes the podium tonight at the Democratic convention to deliver the speech of his life.
As the ABC Nightline team says in its daily email:
John Kerry's acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention tonight is scheduled for about 55 minutes. Think about that. 55 minutes. I challenge you to go and stand in front of a mirror right now and talk for 55 minutes. You have to introduce yourself, talk about your vision for the country and, of course, make people like you. When you think about it, it is probably one of the toughest things we ask of politicians. Whether you support John Kerry or the President (who will be making his own case in a few weeks), on some level you have to admire the fact that people are able to do that. So tonight we just get to sit back and listen.
Ron Brownstein in the LA Times makes an interesting point that, even with Kerry's bounce from the convention, the worrying thing is that the president's approval rating refuses to sink. He says:
"(But)..several recent surveys have shown Bush's job approval rating slightly improving as Iraq slips more from the front pages; among persuadable voters in the Annenberg survey, Bush's approval rating rose from 44% last month to 50% now, placing him right at the level that has historically separated winning, from losing, incumbents."
The high point of the speeches at the gathering thus far - leaving aside the address by former President Bill Clinton, arguably the finest public speaker of his generation - has probably the keynote speech by Barack Obama.
The upbeat reaction to his address (as one blog put it: "Obama's been lauded") has resulted in plenty of positive ink.
Mother Jones has a nice piece from "inside the bubble of the bubble" on media coverage.
Michael Moore's 'showdown' with Bill O'Reilly was worth a watch, even if we didn't really gain any insights we weren't expecting.
Finally; this week's best bumper sticker so far portrays Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft with the slogan "Don't Change Horsemen in the Middle of an Apocalypse."
posted by Steve at 3:34 PM
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