Ford & Carter: At It Again

McCain...
John McCain gave a partially stirring speech in Louisiana. He held himself out, saying, I am an imperfect servant of America, but I am her servant, first, last and always. He also spoke to how America did not get to know him yesterday. We know him well. He spoke of how he has put his values and convictions ahead of his party, his friends, his self-interest. He spoke of his own revulsion that our war in Iraq has been such a tortured event in the fabric of our nation. He also exampled the many ways in which a McCain presidency is not a third term of the Bush presidency. I know the Ditto heads disagree with that strategy but it is essential for his victory in November to chart a course that is a MODERATION: a place between Bush and Obama. Pitifully, he used his speech as a negative jab, CONTINUOUSLY, at Obama. It was a good jab that McCain said Obama wants to meet with leaders of Iran, North Korea and Cuba but won’t go to Iraq or meet with Petraues. He needs to speak positively about what he will do to bring our country out of the peril we find ourselves in. He fell short. VERY SHORT. He was pitiful. He has a lot of work to do if he wants to beat Obama in the fall.

Obama...
Good speech. Good strategy to have give his speech at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul where the GOP Convention will take place in August.

He gave good homage to Hillary Clinton.
He tributed McCain with the slap, “I honor his accomplishments even if he chooses to deny mine.” He retorted McCain’s slap that Obama will go to North Korea but not Iraq, as anyone would have predicted, by saying that McCain should visit Iowa, Pennsylvania or even New Orleans where McCain previously spoke this evening.

His speech was mostly a stringing together of his stump speeches. High on energy and inspiration, low on detail.