John McCain ended the Republican convention this evening having accepted his party's nomination to be the Presidential campaign candidate for the forthcoming November elections.
No doubt his speech will be compared with Democrat Senator Barack Obama - not as flashy, longer, indoors not outdoors etc. etc.
What his speech did do was set out a platform to target small town American voters in middle America and the West. His Vice-President Sarah Palin will only add to the Senators appeal and appears to be a dangerous opponent should the Democrats lower their guard and possessing several layers of defence against any charges her enemies should employ.
The speech also was successful in laying out a number of hooks to trap policy makers on the Democrat side. In addition it enabled the candidate to layout his stall as a family man, away from the way he is normally viewed.
The only down sides were two protestors seeking to disrupt his speech and for some Republicans the lack of reference to George Bush - McCain has leap frogged them to compare himself with Ronald Reagan's viewpoint, a shrewd move.
McCain's gamble, if successful will be to paint the election as being driven by character. If this becomes the case he will win hands-down and cause one of the largest electoral upsets. Hilary Clinton will also be gnashing her teeth that he has to refer to another woman as "Mrs. Vice-President"
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