"The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some." - Sarah McLachlan

Watched Governor Palin's last night over at Harwoods' place... It was an amusing speech and she delivered it well... looks like she was trying to make sure everyone understood she wouldnt pull a Clemson and fold under pressure when punched in the mouth. She made some references to a couple of things she has done and it was basically an introduction. It was a good speech. It didnt get into much specifics, but did lay out what her experience was... Some people immediately started saying that she didnt write it. Well, i dont think ANY of these guys, including Obama, writes ANY of their speeches so that is a non issue. It is how they react to the non scripted moments that will be telling. It seems this Veep choice for the Republicans matters more than the Democrats and it will probably be 2 on 1 for the rest of this race, as far as the public goes.... Brown asked me if I was swayed to vote McCain. No. I am not. I have not been swayed to either side.

I have noticed a subtle change starting yesterday with NBC and CNN with what seems to be an attempt to be a tad bit more even in their reporting. An obvious slant (just as with Foxnews to the right) but less of the overt cheerleading that you see with Olberman and Mathews on MSNBC. Polls are showing that the public is starting to be turned off by the love affair some are outwardly showing toward Obama, and a somewhat overt sexism toward Palin (and Clinton) and I think the smart people will pull back the overt cheerleading. I also think that Olberman will continue to be out of control until someone reigns him in... I wonder if Olberman would have gone off the deep end if Tim Russert were still alive.

Anyway... on to more important things. Plans for Talledega are pushing forward. I'll be at that Oct 5th race and it will leave only Richmond left as the track I need to get to in Nascar.