Politico: Penn on who won at conventions
By MARK PENN
Published September 9, 2008
Here’s my post-convention take on the most important questions likely to decide the general election.
Who won the conventions? No one — or everyone — won. The post-convention polls suggest that the party gatherings did not fundamentally change the race — this is going to go right down to the wire, and debates will be key. Nearly 55 million people voted in the primaries, and nearly 40 million watched the key speeches at both conventions. Voters are interested, listening and undecided.
