McCain's Tepid Speech, Delivered Worse, Ends a Lackluster Convention

     It was not a great speech and John McCain did not deliver it well. So ended a GOP convention that achieved only some of his goals. The pick of Sarah Palin galvanized his campaign (whether it ultimately works remains to be seen) and he did recast himself in the reform tradition. But the convention spent far too much time bashing Barack Obama rather than laying out a positive agenda.

     The Dems did better a week ago. Will the Palin pick overshadow anything else that went on in the last two weeks?On to the fall campaign.