Republican Convention

Summed up:

Bla bla September 11th bla September 11th bla bla September 11th bla bla Tax Cuts bla bla September 11th bla bla Gurley men, bla bla September 11th bla spitballs bla bla No Child Left Behind bla bla September 11th.

I've never seen a tragedy so cheaply exploited as then. They even had a September 11th banner behind them! Sheesh.

In the 40s, these guys would have been outside Auschwitz concentration camp selling "I been to Auschwitz and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt" shirts. Well maybe not that bad...

The Bump

After the convention the Bush Admin got a 2 point bump in the Gallup Poll.

Kerry's points actually went down a point after the convention (many believe it was the whole swift boat thing).

What this seems to prove is that the conventions didn't do squat this election. (compare to Mondale's 10 point jump in 84 or Dukakkis 7 point bump in 88 or Clinton's whopping 16 point jump in 92).

What this means to me is that people for the most part have their minds made up one way or another already --and no amount of conventioning is going to change it much.