No thoughtful and objective person could believe that the speeches we heard from Michelle Obama, Brian Schweitzer, Senator Clinton, Senator Kerry, President Clinton and Senator Biden were not superb. As usual the hours of analysis, produced commentary that lost it's moorings. But the few remaining unaffected and unbiased media people scattered across the network and cable outlets did get it right and found that the speeches did all they could politically for the Democratic party.
So, even as the Republican party worked hard through ads, surrogates and party friendly media to interfere, it seems that the democrats will come out of their convention in fairly good shape. Senator Obama should dazzle the crowd as usual tonight and in the process have put together a nifty little organization in Colorado and beyond in the critical west.
So why don't I feel as excited as I possibly should? Simply because the Obama juggernaut was stalled by the efforts of the McCain campaign over the last month or so and they are working very hard to do it again.
The addition of Senator Biden will help to deliver whatever strategy they intend to use but the campaign itself must provide that strategy.
The problem is that this campaign has put it's bet down on the high road approach. Please don't think that I believe that they should wallow in the mud with McCain's Rovean warriors but there is a mile between the respective campaigns tactics. There is plenty of room to be aggressive or on offense or proactive if that feels better, without being dirty. The Republicans will continue to drive the debate unless the Obama campaign gets some surrogates out there willing to win at a cost greater than what their willing to afford right now.
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