The Pitch

Interested in seeing the Biography video of President Bush (narrated by Fred Thompson) which was shown at the Republican National Convention?
It’s now available for your viewing at GeorgeWBush.com.

RNC Bloggers Reflect on Covering The Convention

Adjusting back to the routine of going to work everyday and not blogging at the convention, I do realize I need to continue writing my post-convention thoughts, but I just haven’t had enough time to finish… however, a few other credentialed bloggers have in fact written some post-convention reflections. Scott from Slant Point has a big write up that is well worth your time reading. Also, John from PowerLine has a good post reflecting on the convention… Kevin from Wizbang! realizes (sadly) that it’s over…
It really is over…

Wizbang Live Blogs Kerry’s Post-RNC Meltdown Speech

Amongst the craziness that was the last night of the convention I missed Wizbang’s live-blogging of Kerry’s pathetic attempt of trying to put the breaks of Bush’s momentum following his successful convention. Check it out.

View from the Convention

Here are my quick thoughts on Bush last night.
He rose to the occasion and did just about everything right. Not saying it was a speech for the centuries, but he laid out his domestic agenda (blunting criticism that this convention was about nothing other than 9/11 and contrasting Kerry’s convention that was about nothing other than Vietnam) and strengthened his resolve to win any battle and take it to the jihadists in their backyards so we are not fighting this in our backyards. His campaign is a well-oiled machine so Kerry will have to do a lot to take Bush down, but there are plenty of pitfalls over the next 60 days so nothing is certain. Needless to say, from my partisan standpoint I am pleased.
Kerry’s impotent stunt last night coupled with improving jobs numbers this morning only add to the growing wind in Bush’s sails.
So fasten your seatbelts ’cause it is going to be a wild ride!

Andrew Jackson Speaks

If you have been reading the pundits and blogosphere, you no doubt have heard reference to the links between the founder of the Democratic Party, former President Andrew Jackson, and possibly its last torch bearer in Democratic Senator Zell Miller. Michael Barone has an absolutely must read on this phenomenon:

Until Wednesday night, I was under the impression that Andrew Jackson had died in 1845. But on Wednesday night he appeared at the podium of the Republican National Convention under the guise of Georgia Senator and former Governor Zell Miller. In the accents of the mountain South, with a directness that left his sentiments unmistakable, with a hatred for what he considers betrayal of America and out of a fierce love of family and country Miller delivered the keynote for this Republican convention in the same place as he had delivered one of the keynotes for Bill Clinton’s convention in New York 12 years before.
The 1992 speech was real good. The 2004 speech was electrifying. Zell Miller was a United States Marine—“no better friend, no worse enemy.” You know which side of Zell Miller you want to be on.

Do yourself a favor and read the whole thing.
And if you are unsure of all the meaning behind all of the Jacksonian references, here is a great summary compliments of Instapundit:

Short summary: “[The idea is]: “Don’t bother with people abroad, unless they bother you. But if they attack you, then do everything you can. . . . When somebody attacks the hive, you come swarming out of the hive and you sting them to death. And Jacksonians, when it comes to war, don’t believe in limited wars. They don’t believe, particularly, in the laws of war. War is about fighting, killing, and winning with as few casualties as possible on your side. But you don’t worry about casualties on the other side. That’s their problem. They shouldn’t have started the war if they didn’t want casualties.”

That foreign policy suits me just about right.