Clinton Speech Liveblogging

I expect him to hit McCain hard. They've given out flags to the whole audience. Debra has eighteen of them.
...he comes out to "Don't Stop." It must be interesting to be personally associated with a pop song.

...Wow, that was a LONG standing ovation. And after he announces his support for Obama, even longer. "I love Joe Biden, and America will too."

..."Last night, Hillary said she'd do everything she can to elect Sen. Obama. That makes two of us. Actually, that makes 18 million of us. Like Hillary said, I want all of you who supported her to vote for Barack Obama in November.

...Clinton is making the argument. Why America is in a perilous moment in history, and why we can't afford more of the same. He explicitly says that Barack Obama is the man for this job. But what about his facial expressions?

...This has gone into a direct testimony, and the Obama campaign must be beaming. He is making the national security argument, the economic argument, and the argument that Obama has been tested by the primary wars and is ready to lead America. "He is ready to honor the oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

...I like that he specifically cited Obama's desire to fight AIDS/HIV at home.

...FANTASTIC LINE: The world is always more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power.

...it would be better if he tied this stuff to Bush and McCain and not Republicans for political purposes. Now he's getting into it, of course after saying that McCain is wrong on the two key issues of the day. It is GOOD for the country for him to paint this as a REPUBLICAN failure, though. Because Republican orthodoxy, the wrecking crew, is the key problem. "Despite all this evidence, their nominee is promising more of the same."

...Good framing: they want us to reward them for the last eight years by giving them four more. In this case, the third time is not the charm... they said I was too young and inexperienced. It didn't work in 1992 because we were on the right side of history. And it won't work in 2008 because Barack Obama is on the right side of history.

...Debra Bowen's reaction (she's my seatmate): "He's still awesome."

...The final point: "I still believe in a place called hope." Showing that, as we know, all political themes are timeless and repeated over and over.