Live Blog: Republican National Convention, 8/30/12
Welcome to the final night of our Republican National Convention live blog!
I’ll be critiquing the night’s biggest speeches in real time tonight from 9pm – 11pm eastern.
Tonight’s big speakers include Republican Nominee Mitt Romney, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and a “surprise guest,” rumored to be actor Clint Eastwood.
Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below – I’ll use a few of them for the main thread.
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Do you think Clint Eastwood could upstage Romney?
Re: We built it. Are you expecting more…This has been the campaign of wife killing, “Romney Hood” and “Obamaloney”
I expect Romney to double down on the “Three M’s” tonight that his campaign has run away from so far. Mormonism, Massachusetts, and Money (i.e. Bain) We are already seeing this on clear display so far.
Clint Eastwood said there were 23 million people who were unemployed on Obama’s watch. The convention hall then roared with applause. Terrible optics. That just shows how the GOP seems more concerned with defeating Obama than it is with helping those who need help. What an appalling display of childishness and vindictiveness.
What the hell is going on right now?!?! Really?!?! This is what we are wasting prime time television on?
WHAT WAS TEAM ROMNEY THINKING?!?!? Marco Rubio would have used those 14 minutes much much MUCH better than “Hey I am talking to a chair, Clint Eastwood”
Great entrance, great opening by Romney. Seems more real and connecting than most times. A lot like that great NH Primary Victory speech he gave.
Wow. Real authentic emotion. Someone saved his fastball
I am Shocked! I really didn’t think before tonight if Mitt Romney could have performed on this level and stage. Boy, was I wrong!
I’m conflicted about this speech. Romney showed passion and competence, which was very good. But he also veered a little too much into immature territory by mocking President Obama’s concern for climate change and spreading lies (apology tour, raising taxes on middle class families, talking with Iran, etc.). Romney may come to regret some of these lies when it comes time to debate Obama in October.
“You know there’s something wrong with the kind of job he’s done as president when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted for him.” That sums up why this speech worked tonight!