Kerry's Speech

Just some thoughts on John Kerry's acceptance speech last night:

- The rhetoric of the speech was well done. The speech writers deserve a raise for that one. It touched on all the points the Democrat voter wanted to hear. As a speech - it was very good.

- Kerry's delivery was too rushed. At some points the convention crowd wanted to give him a standing ovation and he just rushed right past them. Kerry forgot that the speech was for the party - not for him. He should have let the crowd cheer for themselves. Clinton would have basked in the applause. At one point Kerry even cut short a "USA, USA" chant that was gaining momentum.

- Maybe Kerry was afraid of having the longest convention speech on record and that's why he rushed through it? Too bad because stopping to pause for ovation would have given him an opportunity to wipe off some of that sweat.

- Somebody is going to do an accounting of Kerry's speech and ask him how he plans to pay for everything. He said he wasn't going to raise taxes on the middle class but he was going to implement universal healthcare, add 40,000 troops to the Armed forces and increase dozens of other programs. Where's the money coming from?

- Between now and the election - people are going to be asking for specifics and not just platitudes. If Kerry can't come up with reasonable answers - he's screwed. "Mr. Kerry, Bill Clinton also promised universal healthcare but that turned out to be the biggest failure of his administration. How are you going to do things differently?"