An editorial published Tuesday in the Fort Dodge Messenger describes the Republican presidential campaign in glowing terms — going so far as to say of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech in St. Paul, “there has not been such a memorable convention moment in a generation.”

Although the editorial suggests that the race should be decided on issues still to be debated, it comes out strongly for Sen. John McCain and makes the case that voters know all they need to know about the candidates based on the two candidates’ running mate selections.

Obama, in picking Biden as his running mate, cleaved himself to conventional Democratic partisanship, complete with fealty to its major factions. McCain, in sharp contrast, even more clearly identified himself and his campaign as being about reform and not being of and for Washington.