Post primary observations

I promise to get back to drivel and boring daily life updates tomorrow 🙂 Need to clear my mind of a few things from last night first. OK, here, a treat for everyone – sunset on Monday night after the storms – taken again with my blackberry from my car so it’s not the best, but still gorgeous. This is at Torrey Pines State Beach:

As I stated  in an update last night, I love that there is clearly a horse race on both sides after the results came in. McCain has always been a ‘favorite’ of mine (if I can have such a thing in the GOP!) and I am happy that he won. But MAN, what a horrible speech he made!! Not in *what* he said, but it was so stale and lifeless. Sure, they are tired, but Romney and Huckabee gave better overall talks. Mac was clearly reading from a script, had some trouble even doing THAT, and just put me to sleep. Look, these candidates are sharp – good speakers overall and quite effective speaking off the cuff (as opposed to the current White House occupant). PLEASE – let them speak form their hearts Mr/Ms Campaign manager. They’ll be fine. They wont go all Howard Dean and scream, I promise :->

I do have a question for my more conservative readers: the other day while listening to a conservative talk show on the radio, the question was asked of the listeners whether they would vote for McCain if he won. 5 listeners in a row called in with an emphatic ‘no way’ and indicated they would not vote at all rather than vote for him (of course voting for the Dem was off the table ;-)) Now, on the Dem side, I know quite a few who feel that same way about Hillary, but I had NO IDEA that McCain sparked the same hatred on the right. Why is that?

And if it comes down to Hillary vs McCain does that mean no one will vote??!! (doubtful, but an intriguing thought)

Did anyone else notice Mike the hunky carpenter from Desperate Housewives standing behind John Edwards while he spoke last night? Wonder if that was setup to counteract Chuck Norris standing behind Mike Huckabee in Iowa? No matter – it was a lovely sight 😉 And while I like a lot of what John Edwards says about issues and policies, I swear if I hear him talk about coming from a mill-working dad one more time….ACK!

Speaking of things making me cringe – I usually watch the MSNBC coverage because I love Kieth Olbermann and I really love Rachel Maddow, but DANG! Can someone please tell Chris Matthews (aka Tweety) to stop shouting?! Actually, I think he can just stop talking altogether ok? Last night Tom Brokaw even visibly cringed at something Tweety said and sort of beat him down a bit. Maddow had done that on Iowa night. He’s like the annoying guy in high school who you put up with because his dad owns the movie theater or..something that makes you want to keep him around.

Overall though, this was so much fun! I just got off the phone with another political addict and she said it perfectly. We’ve been through 8 years of living in a fog. Even in the years when there were people in office who we didn’t agree with in the past, at least we could listen to them without just feeling our brain cells atrophy. George W has been a unique blight on the political stage. The idea that he is finally leaving – wooohooo!!! I watched Romney, Huckabee and McCain speak last night and while I may have disagreed with their positions, I can respect them. I can watch them. It’s FUN again. The fact that there is a race on both sides is awesome. Debates on the issues will continue and you can just tell that the country is excited about the whole process. The enthusiasm will continue which will turn out more voters. And THAT is always a good thing for the democratic process as a whole.