DNC Speakers

I’ve been watching some of the Democratic National Convention with interest.  In my opinion so far, Teresa Heinz-Kerry, Al Sharpton and Jennifer Granholm were the three most interesting speakers so far, not in what they said, but in how they said it.  All three speakers were quite good; between them and the Clintons, they made Edwards look weak.  He came across as, well, woody.  He didn’t seem to have it all together.

If Kerry speaks in monotones tonight like he normally does, it will swing undecided voters away from the Democratic ticket and more toward candidates that have a pulse.  For all the excitement that the selection of John Edwards has created in the Democratic Party, I cannot say that his performance was enough to justify getting excited.  My official position on the matter: BORING!  The undercard has been consistently better than the main events so far!

Kerry has to deliver a grand slam tonight if he hopes to knock Bush out in November; if he doesn’t, then it will not matter what happens with Florida’s troubled election system.  The stakes for Kerry tonight are huge.  If he doesn’t deliver, then Bush definitely will in New York in a few weeks.  His use of humor is consistently better than Kerry’s, he varies his voice tones, and uses his trouble pronouncing words to his advantage.

After California Governor Davis was voted out of office and Arnold Schwarzenegger was voted in, Bush met with the Governor-elect a short time later and made a statement that "We both married well, people talk about both of us not being able to speak the English language, and we both have big biceps.”  His ability to poke fun at himself makes Bush more appealing to a wider audience; it also makes him more disliked in some quarters by those who want Bush out of office.

We’ll see what happens tonight.