Man, there were some real stem-winders during that four-day convention. I'll be watching to see how the GOP counters next week. It'll be interesting to see how John McCain tries to separate himself from the eight-year Bush administration, but still tries to maintain conservative principles while countering Obama. Unlike an overtime football game, it might not work out to the GOP advantage to have had the Democrats "go first". But we'll see.

I'll be particularly interested whether they can line up speakers for their four-day affair that are as effective as the lineup the Dems put up.

How in the world did Al Gore ever lose to George Bush anyway? He was terrific tonight. As I recall he was "wooden" and had no personality eight years ago. Tonight he was very effective, I thought.

We still need a whole lot more detail from both candidates before Election Day, though.