Liveblogging Hillary Clinton

"This is far from a great speech, and barely a good one."

We'll see if the GOP can top it next week. I've got a six pack of Sam Adams that says they won't.

Rod, don't know if you saw any of the pre-speech commentary from Matthew Dowd and George Stephanopoulos re: whether the Democrats had their "take-away" convention message yet. Before Hillary, they were saying no. Now? I'm wondering, based on that speech, if there *is* a clear message from the convention. Is it "Fight for the future?" or "Keep going?" Seemed like Mark Warner had "fight for the future" in his speech, too, but if that's what they want people to remember as they discuss this convention I'd say they're going to have to hit it a little harder. Just wondered what you thought.

She said what had to be said and she said it well. In that it was a great speech. To me the greatest line was the end when she said, "This is why I ran for President and this is why you should vote for Barack Obama."

Classy lady from beginning to end. I think I saw Bill crying in the bleachers, he was very proud of his lady as should be America.

We are going to whip John McCain's posterior.

We are going to whip John McCain's posterior.

Only if "whip" is spelled k-i-s-s.

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?"

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."