Republican National Convention night one: Winners and Losers
The Fix live-tweeted the whole thing — and boy are our fingers tired! — and also took a few notes on who had a good night and who had a bad one. Our winners and losers are below. Agree? Disagree? The comments section is open for business.
WINNERS
* Ann Romney: Unlike almost everyone who spoke on Tuesday night, Ann Romney isn’t — and never has been — a politician. That makes her performance that much more impressive. Was she nervous at times? Yup. (Her nervous laugh was a bit jarring.) But, overall Ann Romney did exactly what her husband and his campaign needed her to: she told the story of a Mitt Romney that almost no one in the country knows. She talked about how they met at a high school dance, how he made her laugh, how they ate tuna fish when they were a young married couple. Her best line? “Mitt doesn’t like to talk about how he’s helped others,” she said. “Because he sees it as a privilege not a political talking point.” Cue huge applause.
* Nikki Haley: Of all the men and women touted as rising stars within the GOP who took the stage on Tuesday, the governor of South Carolina was the best. She was poised and relaxed and drew the crowd to their feet with her mentions of the Palmetto State’s voter ID law and the National Labor Relations Board fight. Runner-up for the best performance by a rising star goes to Texas Senate nominee Ted Cruz — although we still aren’t sure what to make of his decision to abandon the podium and wander around the stage.
* Chris Christie: Yes, Christie will take some (justified) criticism for spending 95 percent of his speech talking about himself and five percent talking about Mitt Romney. (And that’s being generous.) But, Christie burnished the Christie brand with his keynote address, which, after all, was kind of his goal. Christie was blunt and remarkably relaxed. He came across as entirely at ease in his own skin and as close to a regular guy as politics can produce. In short, he did nothing to hurt chatter about his own future as a presidential candidate in 2016 or 2020 — and that makes him a winner in our scoring system.
More at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/28/republican-national-convention-night-one-winners-and-losers/
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