Thoughts After The DNC

I know these campaigns are steeped in rhetoric and I could really only handle a few speeches so I picked the biggest three (Michelle, Bill, and Barack). I consider myself generally a neutral and don't get too heavy into federal politics but I think this election really should be geared to an Obama second term. After the DNC, here are some big things for Obama's case that have come to my attention via television, social media and reflection.

Bill Clinton's Speech:
In my opinion, Bill Clinton did a tremendous job from a neutral's perspective. This is because he did something that I've really wished the candidates would do more often: accurate facts about what is important to people. Since the campaigns for 2012 started, I've been wondering both what the Republican party stood for and just how well Obama has Obama done given the childish behavior of the Republican Congress. Clinton's speech effectively cleared some things up and basically just showed that America is on the right track with Obama.

Obama's Speech:
Obama's speech had all the usual bells and whistles a Barack Obama speech would have and it was riveting to many. What really impressed me was the contrast in direction from Romney's speech. Both parties are planning on a substantial amount of spending (despite what the Republicans say) but Obama lays out investments that many less rich countries take for granted such as health and education. The incentive isn't to just make arbitrary jobs while cutting education and other long term benefits to society. From my understanding, the president is supposed to be thinking about the well-being of as many people in the country as possible and that seems to be an edge that Obama is socially more in touch with more demographics in American society.

What Republicans Stand For:
I don't see many reasons to vote for Romney/Ryan because they don't seem to propose many actual ideas and the few they do more often than not get deflated by non-partisans for serious inaccuracies. I also don't see how a party proposing small government wants to pass so much socially detrimental legislation. If government is meant to be small, why would it enact legislation denying marriage or abortions? It seems like Romney/Ryan are content on just not being Obama for this election but it says something that they can't even enlist an old Republican president to aid them. This seems to not be the case because the party is disjointed. They are not for much, just against a  lot of things. I have not heard many plans to better society or invest in the youth or sciences from the Republicans. It seems they rely on the naivety of their base more than actually pretending like they have ambition.

To sum it up, I really am interested in seeing the Republican response to the progress made in the DNC and also if the DNC will win over some undecideds. This is especially important since there is a huge movement to just not vote.

Food for thought,
Daniel