Comment: Gerard Baker | McCain speech in full |Sketch: Brady Bunch on steroids | Ferraro criticises 'sexist' media | Punters fail to take to Palin
John McCain last night sought to drag the Republican party back on course for a third successive presidential victory by re-casting it in his own self-image of a maverick reformer ready to reach out across political divisions and end "partisan rancour".
His speech accepting the presidential nomination capped a week in which the stellar power of his running mate Sarah Palin and the soap opera surrounding her family have overshadowed not only him but also — for the first time in months — his Democratic opponent Barack Obama.
And last night Mr McCain's promise to put country ahead of party interest seemed thin fare for the sometimes subdued delegates who had feasted on the raw red meat served up by the ferocious Mrs Palin at the convention 24 hours before.
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