DNC

Well, the Democratic National Convention is over. Here are my thoughts:

1.) Michelle Obama was excellent. She spoke well, and her speech was stylized enough to really make her seem approachable. I could see people really "getting to know her." I think she nicely fixed her image issues.
2.) I thought Joe Biden did an okay job. His speech was well-written, but his delivery was a bit off.
3.) I think Barack gave a fantastic speech. Was it well written? Absolutely. Was it delivered well? Absolutely. Will we be talking about it 20 years from now? Eh, my gut tells me no. To me, it was well done, but not as remarkable as the hype made it out to be. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think it was mindblowing. And, in a way, I think that is a good thing for the Obama fans. Seeing as how the speech was given on the anniversary of the MLK "I Have a Dream" speech, Obama would have to be incredibly arrogant to try to replicate such a beautiful, meaningful address. I think he was better off going with a purely political address, rather than something prophetic.

Overall, I'd give the Democrats a C+ or a B-. There were some good speeches, and certainly some great applause lines. However, I don't think they did enough damage on McCain. They really need to take the gloves off and do some damage if they want to win. In that sense, I thought one of the better speeches of the convention was that of 2004 candidate John Kerry.