Republican Convention Watch 2008 - Post-Palin

John McCain copies Barack Obama and comes out to greet his Vice Presidential pick. He'll say a few words. He seeks approval from the crowd for his pick, and he gets it.

Now McCain and the Palins are standing on stage awkwardly. They didn't plan the exit. Whoops. Even Shields thought something else was coming.

Yarnell thinks she went after Obama with "good cheer." Shields mentions the "Bridge to Nowhere," which in her speech she said, "Thanks but no thanks" to. But Shields said she accepted the money. Mmmrrr?

People pleased on the floor of the convention, naturally.

Historians! "It was beat up on Barack night." The unknown is whether she speaks to independents as well as the Rush Limbaugh crowd. One historian pointed out that she and McCain hugged. Ferraro and Mondale never did. Until they lost. Speech going after white women. Overall, good speech, they all agree, if we ever find out what the Republicans stand for, and not just against.

Yarnell doesn't think it's a Limbaugh speech. Shields thinks it was a good beginning for her, but the real test will be on the trail. Shields also thought she got belittling toward Obama, and Yarnell thinks she was light on policy.

But overall, Tracy Flick probably did what she needed to do.