Taegan Goddard on McCain's Acceptance

Taegan Goddard’s Politcal Wire was one of the first political sites I ever read regularly, and it remains one of the best non-partisan sources for politcal coverage.  Needless to say, he was unimpressed last night:

But no matter the content, McCain had serious delivery problems with this speech. Starting with the awful lime green background (that later turned to blue) and continuing through McCain’s difficulties reading from the teleprompter, the speech was very disjointed and hard to follow. To top it off, the crowd reaction at the end of the speech seemed forced and staged, almost like delegates were reacting to flashing “applause” signs at the side of the stage.

Overall, it was a very mediocre performance. I’m not sure it got the job done.

Now, Taegan Goddard is no liberal water-carrier, and if you look at the breadth of the coverage of McCain’s speech, this sentiment seems to be the prevailing one.