"I question the wisdom of not letting anyone in the auditorium under 50."

McCain Speech: Smothering Palin's Sizzle?

By Greg Sargent - September 4, 2008, 10:37PM
Not a lot to say about McCain's speech -- the full text is after the jump -- but how on earth did they not avoid this:



Prediction: There will be little to no bounce out of tonight; indeed, McCain's speech will smother Palin's sizzle like a wet blanket.

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10:50 PM ... TPM Reader PT: "What are the odds Governor Palin drops McCain from the ticket? After a performance like this, it's a serious question."

10:53 PM ... I'm trying to be objective in this. But this seems pretty feeble, no? What actually surprises me is that the speech itself, not the delivery but the speech, doesn't seem that great. A lot of laundry list stuff.

10:57 PM ... They/he should have started with biography. Much more compelling than the boilerplate that made up most of the speech.

11:01 PM ... I question the wisdom of not letting anyone in the auditorium under 50.

11:02 ... Nothing brings so much happiness as betraying all the ideals you said you believed in to try to take advantage of your last chance to be president.

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