And Dubya shocks the world by accepting the nomination!

Before watching President Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, my dear friend Jeff Woodhead submitted the following prediction of the speech, in a nutshell:

"I guess I could probably sum up the rest of it... I'm strong on terror, two less terrorist regimes in the world, my opponent's a flip-flopper, keep America safe by voting for me. Also, gay people suck, No Child Left Behind was good, my tax cuts are excellent, and I like God."

For the most part, he was right. However, I would argue that the speech was, as a whole, disappointing. Jacob would agree, and he has the blog entry to prove it.

All in all, we agreed the speech would fire up his loyal supporters without really gathering many new votes. I expect a small amount of bounce in the polls followed by a return to the numbers we've been seeing. (Does anyone wonder how there can be so many people still undecided? These must be the people trying to figure out which candidate sucks less.)

Incidentally, I am still predicting Dubya will win in November. Call it a hunch.

Song lyric of the day:
"Nevermind the darkness, we still can find a way
'Cause nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain"
-Guns n Roses, "November Rain"