Ms. Palin's Performance Wednesday at the RNC

The Republicans ran more effective campaigns in 2000 and 2004. They are adept at campaigning, and despite awareness of the tactics, adopting Rove's guidelines remains an effective, albeit eristic, tool for them.

But Palin's performance was merely the exectution and staging of a speech she didn't write. The GOP had a VP acceptance speech prepared, as you've probably heard/read elsewhere, but determined it was too macho and determined they had to start over from scratch on short notice when Palin was named.

So while the defense is well-orchestrated - and one would expect nothing less - the fact is it leaves most if not all of the real questions not merely unanswered, but unaddressed. None of the words were Palin's choice: the content reflects nothing but GOP talking points, and while Ms. Palin delivered them creditably she adopted the role of a talking head, revealing to neither the media nor the voters anything beyond her ability to handle somebody else's prepared rhetoric.

Credit the speech writers for what substance there was, although the AP questions the veracity of many points. But make no mistake:

That wasn't "Palin's speech" at all; Sarah Palin was delivering a well-scripted performance. It concealed her by cloaking her in familiar old-school GOP platitudes and rhetorical barbs, many of which such as the tax refrain have been debunked and disproven already. But the GOP has seldom lost relying on time-tested Rovian tactics and lies, have they?

Barack Obama and Joe Biden May Look At Criminal Charges Against Bush

VP candidate Joe Biden said to the Guardian UK that if he and Barack Obama are elected, they would look at the allegations against George Bush that could lead to criminal charges.

Gov. Sarah Palin Speech Poorly Delivered To RNC

Tonight Alaska Gov. and now Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin gave a well-written, but poorly delivered speech to the Republican National Convention.

Guiliani And GOP Insult Community Organizers and Populists

I'm watching former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani talk on and on ..and on, but what is so galling is that he can't "do" a good speech. Geez, he's droning on and on and on. The speech is too long.

Ok, back to business. It was a politically stupid speech, because Rudy just insulted and alienated every community organizer and populist and quite possibility kissed that vote good by.

Community organizers bring people together for a common goal, be it getting elected officials to act on a problem or making sure than a neighborhood gets the services they need. Community organizers can work for non-profits or for organizations like the police department in your city.

What a dumb speech. I'm sorry, it just was. Rudy should be ashamed of himself.

DNC Tuesday Higher Ratings Than RNC Tuesday - 4.5 Million Difference

According to the Nielsen ratings service the Tuesday night of the Democratic National Convention drew more viewers than the Republican National Convention, 26 million viewers to 21.5 million, respectively.

Here's the breakdown:

All Households 14.2 16,235,000
Persons 2+ 7.3 21,528,000
Women 18+ 9.7 11,200,000
Men 18+ 8.8 9,519,000
Persons 12-17 1.4 220,000
Persons 18-34 3.7 2,508,000
Persons 18-49 5.4 7,226,000
Persons 55+ 16.1 11,427,000
African American Persons 2+ * 5.8 2,133,000
Hispanic Persons 2+ * 1.8 847,000
White Persons 2+ * 8.5 18,045,000

Gov. Sarah Palin: No Double Standard Applied To Palin

http://zennie2005.blogspot.com -- There's no double standard in how Governor Palin's being covered at all. She's vieing for the second most powerful position in the World. Indeed, Palin may be getting a pass by some. Suppose she was black and we saw photos of her kids friends -- teenagers -- holding rifles and guns? That would be an outrage. Why is that not the case here?

Governor Palin is in a position tonight where she has to give "that speech" it's a tradition by which presidential and vice presidential candidates are measured by. If she does not give anything less than "that speech" forget it.

George Bush: President's Address to GOP Convention 9.2.08

This is President Bush's speech endorsing Senator John McCain's run for President of the United States.