Well, the dinosaurs are going to have a hard time beating this next week. This was a good convention for the Democrats. I don’t know the hard numbers, but viewership seems to be high. The speeches were outstanding and got better as the week went on.

Ian gave me his virus, so I’m off my game tonight, but Obama’s speech was very good. This speech was more challenging than any of his speeches on the campaign trail. He had to give policy specifics, which doesn’t lend itself well to soaring rhetoric. He brought in vague and beautiful stuff about opportunity and promise. Good stuff about a new order and post-partisanship. I’m not sure if there was enough policy specifics, but I’m going to have to think about it.