off topic but is ANYONE watching CNN right now with this puma lady?

this is the greatest interview ever!

She gave a great speech and showed she has become a formidable force in her own right , in my opinion even larger than she went in as a candidate.

That said I don't think she holds the magic wand in bringing all of those who supported her on board , she would do her part and her best and its up to Obama to convince voters he is ready to lead in a time of war.

Howey Politics Indiana: "Hillary Delivers"

Clinton told an enraptured crowd of 4,000 delegates as well as a national TV audience. "No way. No how. No McCain."

I think "enraptured" is the best description you could give. I don't even think some of those crowd-participation lines were scripted.

Bored, not board.  Unless he was a piece of wood.

Best speech I've seen Hillary ever make. Anyway, did Mark Warner ever speak? Poor guy.

Amazing speech from Hillary.  Solid speech from Mark Warner.

Can Bill Richardson go away?  He's digging himself a hole for a lot of people.

It was incredibly well crafted speech. The structure was brilliant, imo. The narrative told an emotional story to anyone willing to listen.

According to Political Wire, Mark Warner bombed.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/0 8/27/warners_keynote_bombed.html

Delegates gave polite applause during the speech but by the end you could hear the buzz of many talking to each other rather than listening to the man at the podium.

The speech that should have been billed as the keynote was that of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer. He whipped up delegates into a frenzy and was very well received.

I watched Schweitzer's speech on C-Span and agree it was awesome.  He looked like he really rallied the crowd.  Mark warner was kinda milquetoast in comparison.

I just got through reading a couple of PUMA site live-blog transcripts, and I sense real movement toward Obama. I admit to having held the belief that these people weren't really as loyal to Hillary so much as Anti-Obama or even Pro-McCain, but as it turns out, most are now sounding as though they do actually respect Hillary and will support Obama in the General Election.

My apologies to them for underestimating their sincerity.

someone should really start a movement tonight to help pay down Hillary's debt, I really think both Obama and Hillary supporters donating right now, could raise the 13 million she needs to pay off vendors

The re-broadcast of the Hillary speech is starting on MSNBC right now for those interested.

Just say this at politico, a report of Obama's reaction to the speech as he watched from a Montana home:

Obama grabbed a remote control to switch from MSNBC . . . to CSPAN which was carrying Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's speech live. Some weird record message came on the TV screen and someone else finished switching the channel. Obama and the house guests laughed their way through much of the speech and smiled broadly when President Clinton followed Schweitzer's command to stand up and was laughing. "That was great, that was good," Obama said of the Hillary Clinton video before she came out.

Obama was sitting at the edge of the crowded brown sectional sofa closest to the TV in thre family's small living room, leaning slightly forward, and as the video played he was watching intently with his hands folded together. "It's a nice moment," he said as Clinton came onstage. He also said Chelsea Clinton had "turned into such a wonderful young woman."

Clinton began speaking and when she said she was "a proud suporter of Barack Obama" he smiled and softly shouted "yay" then straightened his face again. He clapped when she said "no way, no how, no McCain."

Obama also smiled and laughed widely when she talked about her sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits. He noded solemnly as she explained why she is supporting Obama and sat silent when she asked her supporters whether the were just in it "for me" or for various needy groups in America. He nodded and clapped when she talked of him signing expanded health care and when she praised Michelle Obama. He nodded and said "Yeah" as she criticized McCain and as her speech neared the end he leaned increasingly closer to the TV set.

Why is he in Montana, watching the convention at a house party? Shouldn't he have come to Denver for the entire convention? It's more than half over and he's still not here. He's missed a great opportunity.

Update: Commenters point out it's tradition for the nominee not to appear at the convention until the final day. I didn't know that.

Hillary (and Schweitzer) stepped up to the plate last night and hit the ball out of the stadium.  

Oh Hillary, I love you so much, and I've always liked Brian Schweitzer and constantly advocated for him to be Obama's VP Pick.

The larger question leaving the convention is will Hillary's message stay in tact and meaningful to those Democrats who have switched to McCain?  I hope so.

I am still yet to be convinced that airing all this disunity will either achieve catharsis for strong Clinton supporters or appeal to undecided voters. On the latter, a lot of times people don't want to vote for a party that doesn't have its stuff together and the Democratic party doesn't look like it has.  

First impressions from MSNBC and CNN this morning:

NOW the commentary for those just waking up is still a house divided, it was good but not THAT good.

To their credit, those reporters who were in the hall are supporting the great Hillary speech and are talking Unity.  However, this gives nothing for the pundits to stir up, so it's not so good.

We really need to start beating up the MSM for their crooked coverage.

Rumor heard from my wife: FOX is running the pool camera coverage.  True?

Pandagon shows the organizational proof that PUMAs aren't Democrats at all, but a ploy set up by the Republicans.

They never really supported Hillary, they certainly won't support Obama, and they are proven contributors to McCain.

Are we ever going to get the Karl Roves out of politics?

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