1. I like the tone of the video introduction of Hillary Clinton -- it's edgy, it's rock-and-roll, it's not soft and all pity-party. And that's what Chelsea's voice sounds like! I can't recall that I've ever heard more than three words from her. Certainly I prefer Chelsea's one-line intro to Michelle Obama's brother's endless soliloquy. And Hillary looks great. Now, let's hear her speech.
2. "Whether you voted for me or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines. ... No way, no how, no McCain." Well, she leaves no doubt now where she stands -- or where her supporters should stand.
3. This is far from a great speech, and barely a good one. But Hillary's doing what she needed to do: telegraphing without any hint of ambiguity that anybody who voted for her should vote for Obama -- and even suggesting that if they withhold their vote out of spite, they've being selfish. I don't know what more she could have done. She came through for her team. Well done. And this was a good line: "Democrats know how to do this. As I recall, we did it before with President Clinton and the Democrats. And if we do our part, we'll do it again with President Obama and the Democrats.
4. Good red-meat lines, slapping McCain around. Carville's got to be happy. Hillary finally looks like she's having a good time.
"My mother was born before women could vote. My daughter got to vote for her mother ... . This is the story of America." Great line. And quoting Harriet Tubman like she's doing -- has Hillary ever given a speech this good? She's really kicking ass here at the end.
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Unfortunately for the Republicans, they're gonna have Cheney and Bush speaking at their convention. I'm quite sure that a lot of Republicans would admit that these two aren't the best pitchmen for the Republican brand.
We are going to whip John McCain's posterior.
Who is "we"? Something's wrong when a bunch of unelected Regular Joe Americans sit around and talk about Us and Them in reference to political parties, rather than "we" as in "whom should we pick to be our president?"
For me, an Obama guy, the winning phrase was here rhetorical question "Were you in this for me or for (the people in the stories she mentioned earlier)." That was a great line and really put the onus on us, the voters. If we want change, vote. If you are a Hillary supporter and want change, in 2008, Obama's your guy. We'll talk about next time...next time.
I thought Hillary's speech last night was great. The audience reaction shots were amazing.
I saw many people weeping, and thought they were thinking the same thing I was - that Hillary would make a helluva good POTUS, and that she is the most qualified person for the job, this year, anyway. It's going to be hard for me to pull the lever for Obama this fall, but I will probably do it.
Loved the lines about "It's a good thing the Republicans are having their convention in the Twin cities, since it's become hard to tell John McCain and George W. Bush apart" and the mention of "the sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits."
I dunno. I saw a snippet of Hillary on the TV. All I saw was a politician.
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