These are the ones I saw.
Fred Thompson - He did a vivid narrative of John McCain's service, and if he'd shown that type of passion when he ran for president, he might've done better.
Joe Lieberman - It was weird seeing him there. And the crowd seemed unsure how to react at times. He was Genial Joe, incapable of pulling a fire-and-brimstone Zell Miller speech, but with his smile, he conveyed quite nicely that party differences aside, Barack's just not ready to be president. He also got the crowd to cheer for Bill Clinton, when he pointed out Clinton was able to cross party lines to pass things like welfare reform and a balanced budget, and Barack has no examples of doing anything similar.
Mitt Romney - His speech played to the hall, and in a way, it also illustrated why he lost the nomination. His rhetoric was over the top and in ways, fear-mongering. I think he's better in a job than campaigning for one. He really turned the Olympics around. Maybe he can move to Michigan and run for governor there, or fill a cabinet post.
Mike Huckabee - Huck has an easy time speaking to a crowd and he hit some good populist points. It's difficult to gage his sincerity. He reminds me of the old saying, "Once you can fake sincerity, you've got it made." I think even if McCain loses, neither Mitt nor Huck will not be the nominee in 2012. Huck's going to be a Fox News talking-head.
Rudy Giuliani - His strong points were on McCain the man. I thought he got a little lost in the weeds with the Islamic terrorism thing. He also got out some good points about Sarah Palin; pointing out her 80% approval rating makes her "most popular governor in America."
Sarah Palin - Speech of the week so far. For example, for the Democrats, I thought Bill & Hillary's speeches dwarfed Joe Biden's. Not the case here. The hall was rooting for her. After seeing how the press brutalized her and her family the past five days, it was nice to see her respond, and she did it with a smile, with grace and dignity, and she also served well the usual role of a VP nominee: attack dog. She wasn't mean about it; she just got in her jabs, illustrating how she has more experience than "our opponent", let alone John McCain. The line that leapt out to my wife was "For you parents of children with special needs, you will have a friend and an advocate in the White House."
Even if they lose, she can go back to being governor, and she'd be the front-runner for the GOP nomination in 2012.
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