blogs.tnr.com — Hillary Clinton obviously doesn't like Barack Obama, and she's clearly hesitant about the prospect of him as president--either because she doesn't trust him, because his victory would probably bar her path to the presidency, or because she's convinced herself of the former in service of the latter. But she delivered the best speech she could honestly give for him. The key passage came when, ...
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Hillary Clinton and the Bare Minimum
The Corner —
... ] I thought Hillary's speech was workmanlike. She's not a great performer and tonight reminded me of why she was bested by Obama, who can truly dazzle from behind a podium. But it was good enough and, as others ...
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The Opinionator —
... she doesn’t trust him, because his victory would probably bar her path to the presidency, or because she’s convinced herself of the former in service of the latter,” Jonathan Chait writes at The Plank, the staff blog of The New Republic. “But she delivered the best speech she could honestly give for him.” Chait does concede, however: “If she was more enthusiastic, it probably would have sounded phony. But Clinton did seem to realize that politics is about more than herself, and she did her best to persuade her supporters of the same .” Yet Chait’s reaction is ...
Daily Blog Buzz: Power of the Pantsuit
Weekly Standard Blog —
... , "She endorsed Obama--but she didn't embrace Obama ..." TNR's Jonathan Chait explains that "she did not say anything positive about Obama as a person. Her reasons for supporting Obama were all ways of saying that Obama is a Democrat." ...
After Hillary
The Reaction —
... the dream cannot live without electing Barack Obama. There is a stark divide between Obama and the Clintons, but, as usual, the media -- eager for a story, eager for sensationalism, eager to fill up their preconceived narrative -- are making much more of it than there actually is. ********** For positive reviews of Hillary's speech from a couple of commentators I like a great deal, see Jonathan Cohn and Jonathan Chait. And, yes, it was an extremely effective ...
After Hillary
The Moderate Voice —
... story, eager for sensationalism, eager to fill up their preconceived narrative — are making much more of it than there actually is.
(Of course, please note, both Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter lost the general election. Not such a great precedent, though, yes, Hillary was more generous than both Reagan and Kennedy.)
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For positive reviews of Hillary’s speech from a couple of commentators I like a great deal, see Jonathan Cohn and Jonathan Chait.
And, yes, it was an extremely effective speech in many ways. I grant it ...
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Bill Clinton to take center stage on Wednesday —
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