Check out the very unscientific AOL straw poll. Even the Rasmussen poll has him ahead. Credit our President who really hit it home with a truly awesome speech.

To everything we know there is a season a time for sadness, a time for struggle, a time for rebuilding. And now we have reached a time for hope. This young century will be liberty’s century. By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world. By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America. Like generations before us, we have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom. This is the everlasting dream of America and tonight, in this place, that dream is renewed. Now we go forward grateful for our freedom, faithful to our cause, and confident in the future of the greatest nation on earth.

God bless you, and may God continue to bless America.

Check out what Dick Morris had to say about Bush’s speech.

UNTIL President Bush began his speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention, the goal of the United States’ anti-terror policy was perceived by a largely supportive public as a bid to assure safety. With a rhetorical flourish worthy of the great speeches of all time, George W. Bush has transformed the war into a battle for liberty.

In a speech that was at once eloquent and substantive, sensitive and dynamic, profound and familiar, Bush has risen to a level few presidents have ever reached.

Sometimes a strategist just has to sit back and gasp. Occasionally, a seasoned political observer needs to realize that he has seen something extraordinary. Tonight, Bush made me feel like that.

The speech satisfied every single political need. He contrasted with Kerry without appearing negative. He demonstrated emotion without pandering. He rose to a level of substantive specificity without becoming wonkish.

Hat tip Blogs for Bush which had some excellent convention coverage.

All done without sedation, I toughed it out by trying to distract my mind by thinking of Sephy. I wasn’t in so far I couldn’t see out the machine, barely, which helped. Still, sedation would have been preferable. Head felt like it would explode. I credit that to the persistent jackhammer sounds, barely dulled by earplugs, combined with clogged sinuses.

Left a message with the NP and now I await my Solumedrol. They have to schedule that too.

Still, even thou I suffer from an annoying range of symptoms, not as bad as having to undergo quadruple bypass surgery. Too many Big Macs and fries methinks. In my prayers, I will remember Slick Willie and pray he will have an uneventful course. Remember, it can happen to anyone especially if you live the fast food, fast living lifestyle Bill did.

Safely scratching himself instead of the sofa - Izzy.