In the big picture both McCain and Obama are worlds better that what we have now plus neither of them are Hillary. So in my mind the people have already won this election.

I still can't read this thread title without thinking "Because we can can can can can can can can caaaaannnnn!" from Moulin Rouge. Grr.

YES.

NO.

Drudge has reported, and the Obama campaign confirmed, that Obama has rasied $8 million dollars since Palin's speech last night, and is on course for $10 million before McCain takes the stage tonight.

A few other things reported on Drudge...

Only 1 million fewer people watched her than Obama, and 12 million more watched her than Biden.

CBS News has the two tickets tied in the polls now. Looks like Palin provided a huge bump even before McCain has spoken. He will probably need that money.

And I have to laugh....after denying the surge had done much of anything, he will acknowledge on O'Reilly that it has succeeded beyond anyones wildest dreams. Does that mean he is conceding McCain was correct on pushing for the surge (some would argue he is the reason there was the surge) and is admitting he was wrong?

And McCain, while there are no specific numbers as of yet, has also reported huge donations pouring in. I even donated, which I hadn't done yet.

That's hardly surprising, it being her first appearance on the national stage.

That is true....I even watched, and I never watch.

You don't think McCain/Palin is at least a SLIGHT improvement over Bush/Cheney?

Did he say "slight"? He said "worlds". Hell, there's a good chance he could be worse. Put someone in there with similar goals a Bush, but with a glimmer of intelect and I shudder to imagine.

If McCain wins, I will consider it a failure of the electorate. Failure.

More than 75% of the country says we're headed in the wrong direction, and yet half the country wants to vote for McCain? It boggles.