Edwards managed to get through his entire speech without mentioning George Bush
by name.

Raises the bar pretty high.

Let's see if Kerry can also rise above attack politics here on out.

If he does, the nation will notice the contrast when the R's use their
convention to badmouth and smear Kerry and Edwards. The technique is likely to
backfire on the side using it- if the other side doesn't reciprocate.

If we're finally to the point where the electorate will respond to a positive
message rather than to "my opponent sucks, my opponent sucks, my opponent
sucks" hope may indeed be on the way. :-)