Emily Yoffe over at Slate had this to say

I agree with XXers that Obama’s speech was better than Hillary’s. I wanted more from her than plodding bromides. (And speaking of style [and sexism], I will dare to say it—was anyone else distracted by her jacket? Did she pull a Scarlett O’Hara and fashion a victory outfit out of the drapes at the hotel?) But I found myself surprised by how moved I was by McCain’s speech. I had written him off months ago as a gutsy, erratic, cranky guy whose moment had passed. But he has shown courage in standing by the war and the surge. (The Washington Post had an interesting editorial noting that none of the Democrats at the last debate were willing to recognize the progress the surge has brought.) And of all the candidates last night, McCain was the one who acknowledged something that people may not want to hear: that the new president will face not just recalcitrant insurance companies, but a world full of violent enemies.

That’s more along the lines of what I was thinking, with the exception that I had no opinion on the jacket. The bashing MSNBC threw down upon John McCain was entirely off-point, and even worse, completely classless.

I agree with Roger Abramson as to many Republicans’ views on John McCain

Something that needs to come to an end: the continuing disdain of John McCain among a lot of conservative movement/grassroots types. Cripes, it’s been eight years, and the man has carried a lot of water in the meantime. He’s also been right about a lot of things over the past few years, a lot more right than George W. Bush has been, by the way.

Since his primary loss in 2000, he has in fact been faithful to the party, and has a rather conservative objection to continued tax cuts – there must be spending cuts, too. I have no problem with that in the least. I don’t really know that a conservative should. No doubt, the campaign finance reform bill was his low point. Then again, George W. Bush helped author one of the largest entitlement programs in history. I think it’s a wash. As a party, we could do a lot worse than John McCain.

Think, maybe…that Huckabee guy.