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Night Two Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... of plans for raising taxes, getting mad at companies for "shipping job overseas," and pushing universal health care (or more accurately, even more expensive and less effective health care). Sam Boyd: Most of this speech could have been given a year ago. It has nods to Obama, but it's almost entirely about her. It's not an attack on McCain, it's not a case for electing Obama, it's just nostalgia and platitudes. Ben Smith: Clinton did little to sell Obama's personal characteristics, ...

Unity against McCain
democracyarsenal.org — The key to Hillary's speech and why I think it will be very important, was not just because she called for unity and for people to support Obama - that had happened before and had left many of her supporters unconvinced - but because she explained why the party had to unite behind Obama. And that is the fact that John McCain will continue the disastorous policies of the Bush administration. Ben Smith is also exactly right as well, and its a point I made earlier in the day, the press went in with very low expectations and as a result her speech and the ...

Reactions to Clinton's Speech
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention put to rest the idea that her party is not unified in support of Sen. Barack Obama for president. While disunity has been a constant theme of the cable news channels, it's barely noticeable among delegates. Clinton nailed her speech and put Democrats in the mood to enthusiastically nominate Obama on Thursday night. Other reactions: Ben Smith: "Hillary's speech -- a success in the hall -- was a study in the virtue of low expectations." Nick Gillespie: "I'd say that Sen. Clinton has had ...

Hillary Clinton and the Bare Minimum
The Corner on National Review Online — ... have pointed out, said just enough about Obama. You can imagine Bill and Hillary, when the speech was being drafted, putting the stuff about Obama on a scale, and calibrating it word for word, syllable by syllable, until they had reached the perfect bare minimum about Obama. Michael Crowley ...

C-2
The Hollywood Liberal — ... Sen. Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention put to rest the idea that her party is not unified in support of Sen. Barack Obama for president. While disunity has been a constant theme of the cable news channels, it’s barely noticeable among delegates. Clinton nailed her speech and put Democrats in the mood to enthusiastically nominate Obama on Thursday night. Other reactions: Ben Smith : “Hillary’s speech — a success in the hall — was a study in the virtue of low expectations.” ...

Hillary's lukewarm endorsement; Bill's dousing in cold water
The Next Right — ... As Ben Smith noted, "Clinton did little to sell Obama's personal characteristics, his qualities or ability as commander in chief." ...