Nope. It was a decent speech and he had some fun with it but, well, he's John McCain. He's not a bad speaker but he's not as good as Palin or Obama either. - Akiva Moskovitz

It was a good John McCain speech. He's more a person of action than words, so it wasn't as good as Palin's or Obama's. - ComicList

I thought it was quite a contrast between Obama saying the Bush administration is the enemy, and McCain saying both parties have let us down. - ComicList

I thought his speech was far from elegant, but that actually helps draw the distinction between McCain the doer and Obama the talker. - Michael K Pate

Not strong. But he got through it. The reform thing could fly. - Oldengrey (Jay)

The Gop will continue to lose their way if they think that they need to give in to the Dems. I hope maybe they will start to get back bone and follow the goals of conservatism rather then following the country club Republicans. - Colide81 (James)

@colide81 I think that's partly true. They shouldn't forget their core conservative values, because that will upset the base, but they do have to reach out to the moderates. MANY people aren't happy with the GOP right now - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Well have you listened to what Rush Limbaugh says about reaching out to the Mods? - Colide81 (James)

Also I still like Bush, I think he will end being one of the best Presidents we ever had. - Colide81 (James)

I think he did a fine job. I don't expect him to raise the house with speeches but I think he did very well. I also appreciate him addressing the failures of big spending Republicans as well as Dems. I think McCain will make a wonderful President. - Keith - @tsudo