I've been watching several of the speeches at the Democratic National Convention, and I have to say that they're pretty interesting. I've never paid attention to a presidential election before, and it's really kind of exciting. It makes me want to be a Democrat (but don't tell my Republican friends, or they would think I had joined the dark side).
 
I watched the speech by John Edwards tonight. I think he gave a better overview of their (himself and Kerry) political views and what they plan to do to better the country. I think they have a lot of good ideas and seem to really want to help  average Americans, but some of these ideas sound like they would take a lot of money and be really hard to accomplish. Where would they get the money to fund all that health insurance and education they want to provide? Take away the tax cuts from the rich that Bush ordered? I don't think the rich people would be very happy about that. I think it's really great that they want to establish equality among everyone in America, but there are so many people in America who are still so narrow-minded and bigoted that they will probably never see themselves as equal to a person of a different race or socio-economic background. The government can only do so much to establish equality, people will still have their own opinions on these matters. Although I know this is about as one-sided as it gets when it comes to hearing about each political party and their views, from what I've heard so far, it seems as though the Democrats have some pretty good ideas. John Edwards is very charismatic, and it seems like the crowds really love him (maybe more than Kerry, some would suggest!).
 
I never thought I'd say this, but I've actually enjoyed watching these speeches and learning how the whole campaign process works. I'm pretty excited to finally hear Kerry's speech tonight.
 
And on a whole different note, I can't believe how amazingly young Teresa Heinz Kerry looks for a 65 year old!