Reviews of Day 2: Praise for HRC's speech

Washington Post’s Balz writes, "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton roused the Democratic National Convention here Tuesday night with sharp criticism of Sen. John McCain and a full-throated endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama ... urging Democrats to put the long and bitter primary battle behind them and unite to take back the White House in November. But you think this will make some in the Obama campaign happy ? “At the same time, advisers said, Mrs. Clinton wanted to ensure that her star turn at the convention could never be portrayed as insufficiently enthusiastic, should Mr. Obama lose the election in part because swaths of her supporters ultimately did not vote for him. Mrs. Clinton is almost certain to run for president in 2012 if Mr. Obama fails this time, several Clinton advisers said Tuesday, and any such plan could possibly founder if the Clintons’ negative feelings show through this year.” The AP’s Ron Fournier writes, “By the time she was done, Sen. Clinton had delivered a strong, convincing ... (link)