Why is that the "right" always have all the conviction?

I didn't agree with anything Mrs Palin said, but her speech was a triumph.
I agree wholeheartedly with Old Dude this ia a formidable lady.
She positively glowed with conviction and wasn't afraid to say things which the media might presentto the public as being "right wing".
This lady is proud of her right wing credentails and doesn't give a flying fuck who knows it.

Contrast her fire with Obama's mealy mouthed rhetoric. His endless talk of "change"...to be sought like some elusive butterfly.
Obama sounds as if he is ashamed of his opinions ,or maybe it's just that he doesn't have any opinions. Perhaps he is just an automaton created by the Democrat Party in its own image.

I just wish the left could really start to believe in itself, but we seem to be held back by that old hypocrisy which has hung round our necks like an albatross for more than a century.

There is enough injustice and corruption in American and UK politics to get us blazing mad, but still we look at the corrupt and say "there but for fortune,go I"...we don't yet really believe in the principles that we espouse.
By comparison, the conservatives know they are right with an awe inspiring certainty(just look at Teribus, BB, Doug),do you think there is anything we can say which will dent their armour?

I think, barring accidents, Palin/McCain might just win this election.
If they do, it will have little to do with policies and everything to do with conviction....Ake