Official Republican National Convention 2012 Discussion Thread

[muon2]

But a lot of the population is tuning in only now so this may be the first time a lot of them have heard any of this.

That's probably the driver for the speech. This is his national introduction and chance to define himself ahead of next week.

[muon2]

I gotta say, Ryan's speech, even with all of the falsehoods, was about 100x better than this. This is bad.

Yup.

Ryan's speech actually ticked me off, which is a good thing for Republicans.

Mitt's is just pathetic.

Interestingly, I've been talking to an independent-minded middle-aged woman just now. When I asked what she thought of the speech so far, her reaction is "I think it's a good speech".