last night i was one of the vast under-whelmed masses watching the rncc. i don't think bush did that great - and he certainly didn't hit one out of the park like kerry. he was all set up to make this incredible, policy-oriented positive, optimistic speech (like a gentlemen did about a month ago in boston . . . ) but instead he gave his same old national security stump speech he always gives. and yes, it was a fabulous speech on terrorism and national security - as it should have been for the amount of practice he gets talking about it! i don't think that's what people were looking for, and even if they were they could have listened to every single other speech made this week. people wanted specifics on what he is going to do in the next 4 years (like he'll have a chance anyway) - and he didn't deliver.

he did give us his policy book though, you can check it out at: http://www.georgewbush.com if you so desire. it's 26 pages long. or you can check out john kerry's (the responsible voter will do both!) at http://www.johnkerry.com, it's around 269 pages. granted john kerry's pages are a little smaller than a full size sheet - but even if we cut his pages in half (and they're not that small) his plan is still 134 pages longer than Bush's plan. One might even dare to say that 26 pages is not nearly enough to lay out a plan for the largest country in the world for 4 years. For example, it's less than half the size of my thesis. But then again, it took me a few months of research and writing to come up with it, i doubt the bush campaign spent that much time on it.

and now for something positive, because i am a democrat. i'd like to send out a HUGE thank you to my little brother nick for being my first http://www.runagainstbush.org sponser! Feel left out? Feel like if a 19 year old college kid can help you can too? help me run against bush here: https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=52851&lis=1&kntae52851=E1577596A7D94A95BE0EDCE181807939&supId=56687095
or at least watch my mile count go up and up as i run my daily (or quasi-daily) circut around the white house! you can fight back against bush and encourage my physical fitness at the same time! what a deal!