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Pretty funny to hear some of the comments about McCain's speech being boring or lacking excitement. Anyone who follows politics or has read even portions of this thread knows that McCain's weakest point in the campaign would likely be last night at his acceptance speech. I think the first 60-70% of the speech was mostly just a listing of policies that he would implement without any real barn-burning lines. It was relatively boring, but did lay out some of his ideas going forward. I thought the last 15-20 minutes were much better. That was when he started talking about his military experiences, the current military, and how he would deal with foreign aggression (countries or terrorists). It appeared that he was much more interested in telling those stories and making those points. Much better than the earlier part of the speech.
Overall, it was nothing particularly special and was likely the weakest of the 4 Prez/VP speeches from a presentation standpoint. With that said, most McCain supporters (and voters in general for that matter) knew that in advance and they also know that he's much better in less formal settings. He also did very well in presenting his leadership credentials. The CBSNews poll from late last night after McCain's speech shows a dead heat in overall national polls. If those early poll results are accurate and he pulled even after what most voters would agree was his weakest portion of the campaign, that bodes well for the Republican ticket.
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