In Columbus, Ohio John McCain spoke his true campaign voice at last. He talked about the future. He spoke positively throughout -- never in negative mode. He envisioned his first term accomplishments, the state of the Nation in 2013, the state of the world five years from now. He spoke as a uniter, not a divider. He spoke as an inviter, not a refuser. He made himself an open book, and in what was his finest line, he said "...and I don't care who gets the credit" for the accomplishments that he hopes to bring about.

The credit, he implied, belong to all Americans.

The one definite good thing that the likely Democrat nominee has brought into America's political scene is Optimism. Optimism in all we do and speak about. Dreams and goals, purposes. The Democrat's policy goals are definitely not mine, but his emphasis on optimism and purposes is a big plus over the cat-fighting and partisan btrawling that has overtaken US politics these past 15 years or so. Until the Columbus speech, the Democrat nominee pretty much had the "Optimism Thing" to himself. But no longer. The Columbus speech has put John McCain strongly into the Optimism Arena. BIG TIME!

His goals are those that almost all Americans share. Many of them are vital goals and purposes. Almost every line of his speech addresses the deepest feelings that Americans have about where our politics needs to be. Anyone who heard the entire speech -- as I have, but not on the usual media; I had to find it HERE at Blogs for McCain -- must feel stirred and moved to say "THat is MY kind of President!"

Move over, Democrat nominee. The REAL Optimistic Visionary is in da house!!

P. S. Let us hope we hear a lot more of this. The theme is VICTORY. The flavor is Optimism. The audience is Everybody Who Is Not a Pundit, Everyone who cares about solving problems rather than advancing amn ideology.

In other words, almost everybody. We the ordinary people have finally, with the best John McCain speech yet, taken back the election process from the ideologues, the lobbyists, and the talking heads.

Sounds like Victory in November to me...