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No Personal Touch in Clinton's Endorsement
Stunning. Hillary Rodham Clinton's convention speech on Tuesday was so NOT what Barack Obama needed. Sure, Clinton said Obama's name several times. But this was an obligatory, boiler-plate endorsement that was devoid of a single personal reference to indicate whether she...
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The Hollywood Liberal — ... started out a little dull and a little self-obsessed. But then she rallied — a little. ‘No Way. No How. No McCain’ was a good line. And the Twin Cities analogy was a great little riff on Bush and McCain. But I have to say her speaking style, although much improved over even a year ago, is still a little flat. When she’s passionate, she has little inflection. When she’s quieter, she’s a little drony. The ‘keep going’ theme, moreover, was a little unnerving. A thinly veiled threat?” Craig Crawford : “Stunning. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s convention speech on Tuesday was so NOT what ...

Hillary's lukewarm endorsement; Bill's dousing in cold water
The Next RightCQ's Craig Crawford thought this about Hillary Clinton's speech last night: Many of Clinton's supportive words seemed almost tacked on as an after thought. Several times Clinton listed various things she believed in, and then almost parenthetically noted that these were her reasons for backing Obama. In other words, she's for Obama because he agrees with her. She basically said that Democrats should vote for Barack Obama because they agree with him. But here's what Bill Clinton said yesterday about ...

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