Indiana

Every Democrat Has His Day

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Give it to the Democrats.  They got their act together.  They went into a convention with questions and issues about unity, broadening their appeal, the possibility of a floor fight and whether their nominee could hit one out of the park.  Give them credit, they pulled it off.

While the GOP is still struggling to get 10,000 to John McCain’s Vice-Presidential announcement today, the Dems managed to get 80,000 people in a place built for 76,000.  Barack Obama even got praise from Conservatives like Ed Rollins and Charles Krauthammer. 

Beating Barack will not be easy.  He has a ton of cash, a heck of an organization (they got an estmiated 3 million phone numbers from last weeks text messaging efforts) and he demonstrated in his speech last night that he will take the gloves off.

To beat him,  the GOP will have to use a scapel instead of a two by four and methodically cut away at his arguments instead of direct frontal assaults.  Regardless, Republicans underestimate them at their own risk.

So despite your politics, give the man his due.   And let’s what things look like after the GOP convention in Minnesota.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).