A little flat

Cindy McCain is less than engaging. All things considered, she's probably done about as well as she's going to do. But they took away the podium in anticipation of John McCain's anticipated townhall-style speech and I don't think that's Cindy McCain's element. She's parked between the teleprompters where the podium was and hopefully the TV shots are zoomed in because her stance is a bit awkward and uncomfortable. I get the impression that she would be utterly lost without the teleprompter. Hey, I would be too, but I'm not introducing a presidential candidate to the nation. She's sweet and brings some feel-good qualities, but I don't feel like she's brought very much energy to the finale.

Then again, Giuliani didn't have such a great speech last night and things couldn't have turned out much better for Sarah Palin. We'll see how things shake out for John McCain...