The American Spectator

Only one good thing has emerged from this convention: We know who we need to defeat Obama in the next election.

p>PALIN 2012! br> — Gavin Valley br> Peapack, New Jersey /p>

“If McCain gets a bump in the polls in the coming days, he won’t have himself, or his party, to thank — he’ll have his running mate, and no one else.”

p>Duh — just who picked his running mate? And if you don’t think getting his base behind him was huge — you haven’t been paying much attention. Look, I’m not a big McCain fan, but I’m all about this ticket now. br> — Lance Stiles /p>

Some may say that McCain’s acceptance speech was all heart and no substance, as if that is a bad thing. It is not.

America didn’t need a “substance” speech Thursday night. They needed to sense that the Grand Old Party hadn’t faded completely into the sunset. They needed to feel like a second Morning in America might just be around the corner. “Sense”…”Feel”…these aren’t words of policy or substance. They are words that associate more with things like inspiration.

McCain and Palin gave America what it needed to hear. Real hope, real change — these are what were promised by the two candidates in their acceptance speeches. The rest of the speeches — good and bad — will probably be little remembered.

p>Forget the poll bounces. The Republican Party showed that it can still rally people ‘round the flag, and around principles of the heart that matter to most Americans.