Surprise.  I thought it was a great speech.  He made the decision to make a pretty big stylistic change in this one, getting much more into policy proposals.  At least, as much as you can do that in a stadium of 75,000 people.  He also rebutted all Republican attacks from this campaign as well as the last two 2004 and 2000, then prebutted attacks for the next two months.  I think he hit a home run.

That 75,000 number reminds me: why are Republicans trying to use his appeal against him?  I guess its that Rove tactic where you attack your opponent’s greatest strengths.  But really, why is it a point of pride for McCain that he can’t draw a crowd remotely that size?

And what a great call by his campaign to open up the convention and have this event in a stadium.  When the cameras panned the crowd, instead of Democratic conventioneers, you saw an incredible cross-section of Americans.  And considering some of the conventioneers I saw in the television coverage earlier this week, I think that was a wise move.

Finally, I thought the bio video that they played before his speech was nice, but it left out what had to be a hugely influential moment of his life:

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