I have to admit I'm a little curious what Bill is going to say.

I don't get the pundits, though. What is that Hillary Clinton didn't say last night that she should have?

Let's see... "I'm a proud supporter of Obama." That pretty much says it all right there, no?

Hillary was great last night, go ahead republicans keep using her she will cut you!

I’m sure most people don’t remember this, but at the very beginning of the campaign, a Democratic strategist (can’t remember the guy’s name) on CNN posed the question, “Do the Clintons really want to stand in the way of the first African-American president?” I think that sums up the hatred for Hillary Clinton. Much of the Democratic party is made up of white-guilt liberals, and they can’t abide the idea that anyone would interfere with a black man becoming president. If Obama wasn’t in the running, those same liberals would be singing Hillary’s praises. Hillary had the misfortune to run at a time when the white-guilt liberals decided it was time to elect a black man to the Oval Office. The amazing thing is that these liberals touted Obama’s lack of experience as if it was some kind of virtue, and condemned Hillary’s experience as being “the old politics.” Now their “new kind of politican” is practicing the “old politics.” Furthermore, his handlers have forced him to select a VP candidate with the experience they once claimed was not important. Such is life in ObamaWorld. I feel like I’ve fallen asleep and awakened in some kind of surreal world where the lunatics are in charge of the asylum . .. .

the problem is she did not say anything about her comments on commander in chief...

and this morning I saw the Mccain/Hillary ads 3 times saying Mccain is better than Obama to be commander in chief

3 times

their biggest argument is Hillary saying over and over ...John McCain is commander in chief and Barack is not

that's a problem

if they win and her words were one of main clubs they used to hammer obama (which they are more than any other ad)

everyone loses.

stupid selfish jugular tactics in a primary come back to bite everybody in the a$$... ugh

no candidate obama or Clinton is important enough to say the other candidat ein the party isn't as good as the other party...

if the people and the issues are what is important why do we keep seeing Hillary over and over on the tv this morning dissing obama.

I guess maybe the damage is done...
sad...

everyone will be blamed by half the party...and if that happens politically these guys are done...especially the person being used in every ad saying the main argument from the republicans

sorry don't get mad at the messenger...get mad at the tv.

It didn't help!!! over at the http://www.drudgereport.com
No healing by hillary speech!!! delegates upset!! Bill Clinton to boycott Obama Speech!!! reported by CNN

It will be great when Obama loses then we never have to look at him or that pug Ted Kennedy ever again

Hillary certainly did not give a ringing endorsement of Obama. She did not say things like "he's ready to lead", etc.

One interesting thing was here line: "No way, no how, no McCain".
As many of us know, it's a very popular line actually used against Obama: "No way, no how, Nobama".

I'm sure she did that on purpose to indicate she is being forced to support Obama.

it has so little to do with white guilt liberals...

right or wrong ...

it has everything to do with how the Clinton years ended.

Period.

Unfortunately whomever you blame for the end of the Clinton years...

Obama rose up because everyone remembered both the good AND the bad of the Clinton years.

and he got the message right hope and change...

(judgement)

and for all his "inexperience" he ran the tightest ship we have seen in years.

so enough with trying to blame this on racism, sexism, agism...etc...

it was about getting the message right, and judgement and management with the obama campaign...

they got it right.

and if it wasn't for the long contentious primary... hurt feelings and now the jugular statements that McCain is using from Hillary for his main message delivery...

we would not be in this situation.

OMG... I am tired of hearing what she should have said... What more do you want her to say?? She said NO MCCAIN and A PROUD SUPPORTER OF OBAMA...

dl,

The good of the Clinton years were relative peace and economic prosperity. The bad of the Clinton years were his sex scandals. Honestly, who cares about personal scandals. Bush had none yet he was a horrible president.

Maybe the Democrats will learn from this. STOP PUTTING FORWARD ULTRA LIBERALS AS THE COUNTRY DOES NOT WANT THEM. The Clintons were moderate, which is their appeal.

The Republican Party remains the ingenious party. They are actually in this despite the fact that the Repub image is seriously broken. Why? BECAUSE THEY PUT FORWARD THEIR STRONGEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED CANDIDATE, NOT A ROCK STAR.

Hillary may have been great last night, but what the hell is wrong with the Obama camp?

What is this Greek Temple crap, I mean geez talk about overkill, does everything have to be big and large like that.

On one hand Obama is crying Mc Cain is out of touch and here he is accepting his nomination on the steps of a Greek Temple, get real is this really necessary, the Republicans are going to have a field day with this and they should, it the dumbest idea anyone could of had.

I think the reporters and so called journalists are just stirring the caldrun. They need something to say. Personally, I know the democrats are doing just fine as the republicans are beginning to panic. Watch as time goes by, they get louder and more "off message." They literally have nothing to offer. So if they can't extoll their virtues, they'll shoot down anything at this point.
Mittens has said that Biden shot down Obama in the primaries, better than he did with McCain. The reasoning is clear, Biden is smarter and more aggressive than Mittens. So much for a republican VP!

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DNC Wrap-Up Day Two: It's Hillary's Convention Now
Barack Obama is an Afterthought.

Posted by: Mark Impomeni

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 08:00AM

The second night of the Democratic National Convention prior to Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech was nearly as unmemorable as day one. And an interesting pattern has emerged in all of the main speakers' remarks. Barack Obama is an accessory, an add-on, a superfluous reference tucked in on the end of a litany of the speaker's accomplishments and beliefs. There is almost no discussion of the nominee as a man separate and distinct from the speaker. Rather, he is a concept, an ethereal being, an abstraction. It is almost as if the speakers are deliberately trying to distance themselves from Obama, at his own convention.

Hillary Clinton was the star of the evening in a big way. So much so that she appears to have taken the convention by force, and will hold it for at least one more day.

Sen. Robert Casey of Pennsylvania got things started with a thoroughgoing and dull speech in which he mostly talked about his father. Casey gets credit for mentioning his disagreement with Obama on abortion; and he at least tried to rile up the crowd with some decent attacks on the Bush Administration and John McCain. But the crowd wasn't entirely into it. They were anticipating greater things to come. Two hours in, David Gergen was once again on CNN, lamenting the lack of anything memorable happening in Denver.

Former Virginia Governor and likely its next Senator Mark Warner was the keynoter and he was dreadfully awful. It is actually hard to put into words just how bad, boring, and trivial his speech was. Warner must think he is a Senator already as his speech was full of incredible nothingness. He prattled on about how this was an election about th future, which he said is more important than a presidential election. He talked about his tenure as governor, praised his management of the state, bragged on his success in business, and just for good measure tossed in an Obama every couple of paragraphs or so. There was no energy in the arena during his address. Many view Warner as the 2012 front runner in the event of an Obama loss in November. Viewed in that light, this speech was his 2012 concession.

With Warner finished, anticipation in the hall began to grow for Sen. Clinton, the real headliner of the night. Before she took the stage, however, there was a speech from Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who demonstrated completely why she is not Barack Obama's running mate. There was also a surprise keynote from Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer. His was an energy packed speech about energy policy. He was animated, connected with the crowd, and genuinely fun to watch. It was not the keynote listed in the schedule, but it was far and above a better one that Warner managed to deliver.

Then it was Hillary's turn. Clinton delivered a real stemwinder of an address, recounting her primary campaign, and pointedly not conceding. She delivered the requisite declarations of support for Sen. Obama. But in a twenty minute plus speech, Clinton only managed to mention him by name 10 times. Like the rest of the speakers, the mentions of Obama came not in the context of anything he would actually do as president, but in a "him too" kind of way. The typical formulation can be seen in this passage from the prepared text.

I ran for President to renew the promise of America. To rebuild the middle class and sustain the American Dream, to provide the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford the gas and groceries and still have a little left over each month...
Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years.

Those are the reasons I ran for President. Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama. And those are the reasons you should too.

Except that when she delivered it, she left out the last line. Sen. Clinton's speech was about her campaign, not the coming one. When it was over, Bill Kristol called it a "shockingly minimal endorsement of Barack Obama."

Barack Obama has no presence at this convention. He is not physically there, and he is not oft discussed. His name is used like a drug to placate the seething masses of delegates, administered in small enough doses to keep them wanting for more. But it never comes. Clinton stepped into this atmosphere, and took over. The convention is now about her. She is who everyone is talking about; and she will continue to be the topic after tomorrow night, with the roll call of the states and former President Bill Clinton's speech. Tonight, Clinton laid down a marker on 2012 and a gauntlet for Thursday night, when Obama will have to equal her performance. He had better be good or he will leave Denver with the nomination, but without the mantle of leader of the Democratic Party.

http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/aug/27/dnc-wrap-day-two-its-hillarys-convention-now/

Obama is trying to recreate Mount Olympus. He wants to join the gods.

novote,

I agree. I wonder who is running things over there. Who actually thinks that promoting the image of "rock star" or "celebrity" is a good idea?

I actually think this will backfire quite a bit. Obama is no longer the fresh face he once was. This will look as ridiculous as Bill Clinton, for instance, being raised from under ground to a Greek podium.

NEWSFLASH: The average American could care less about Greek times. My guess is that Obama will actually try to incorporate the rise of Greek/Western civilization into his speech. GOOD LUCK!

Hillary we all know that you and your racist husband as Obama put it will vote for McCain

Obama should say Thursday night that there is a good reason why he didn't pick Hillary to be his running mate. He should announce that he intends to nominate her for the Supreme Court. Anything short of that will not bring unity and will mean defeat in November.

Sorry, but Hillary Clinton is no way near qualified for the Supreme Court. At most she'll get a spot in Obama's cabinet.

@Sluggo: You sure made me bust out laughing this morning lol

The setup of the "Greek Temple" cost more than all of John McCain houses.

What a waste of money just to showcase "the ONE".