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Clinton delivers for Obama
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Clinton delivers for Obama posted at 7:15 am on August 27, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Speculation ran wild about whether Hillary Clinton would give Barack Obama her full-throated support in her Democratic convention speech last night. Barack Obama himself reportedly previewed the speech and approved it, but even he must have wondered whether she’d stick to the script, or stick it to him . In the end, though, Hillary did the expected — she proved herself a party stalwart and threw her support behind Obama in a well-written, enthusiastic speech. Republicans, of course, will not like the speech ...
Listen. Just listen.
Shakesville —
That's what I want the people who insist on taking any criticism of Obama as support for McCain to do when they watch this video: She can be won over, but she's not there yet. She's not going to vote for McCain (she said it emphatically once, then Malveaux asked her again and she repeated it for emphasis). But she doesn't (yet) feel that she has a reason to vote for Obama. Here's a clue-by-four for the Obama supporters who have been dropping in here from time to time, leaving panicky finger-wagging comments about how stupid and blind and spiteful people like Ms Price, the woman ...
Matt Lewis: Clinton Delegate Upset With Her Party
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Keep in mind, this interview was conducted after Hillary spoke. Most of these delegates will probably not vote for McCain, but the question is how many of them will vote for Obama? I think that will depend largely on...
Bullying on the Floor?
Weekly Standard Blog —
One video that’s been receiving much play lately is Suzanne Malveaux’s CNN interview of an upset Clinton supporter following the former first lady’s speech last night. Not to get all Ghost Hunters about it, but did anyone else wonder what happened at the tail-end of that interview? The distraught woman ends her thought (about Obama’s résumé) around the four-minute mark and in the background you hear a man’s voice say, “Let’s go.” As the camera pans out, behind Malveaux is a man in a blue shirt who then talks to the supporter with very firm hand gestures. Could he be one of the Obama whips we’ve all been hearing about? (Or a fellow delegate ...
Cracks in the Unity Facade in Denver
Flopping Aces —
For all the facade of party unity at the Democrat Convention in Denver, ...
The Democratic Party Exposed
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
You have to got to love how the Obama people have been sending out pundits and politicians all day on the news programs insisting that the Democratic party is unified and that Hillary and Bill and Obama are all cozy now. Really. They are. THEY ARE. ...
Circus Report: Day Three
Stubborn Facts —
More circus, but the clowns do indeed seem to be showing up in much lower numbers than predicted. I blame Burning Man and a lack of Phish concerts, though Mike Gordon and the boys are due in on Friday, and there's always the potential for an "irrational exuberance" riot after the Rage Against The Machine concert. But no worries, law enforcement is filling in:
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors ...
Epic Fail
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
So, how did that Hillary Clinton speech go over? Let's look at the aftermath : Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever delivered, hoping her words could somehow unwind a year of tension in the Democratic Party. But when Clinton stepped off the stage and the standing ovation faded into silence, many of her supporters were left with a sobering realization: Even a tremendous speech couldn't erase their frustrations. Despite Clinton's plea for Democrats to unite, her delegates remained divided as to ...
Epic Fail
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
So, how did that Hillary Clinton speech go over? Let's look at
the aftermath:
Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi
Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt,
to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever
delivered, hoping her words could somehow unwind a year of tension
in the Democratic Party. But when Clinton stepped off the stage and
the standing ovation faded into silence, many of her supporters
were left with a sobering realization: Even a tremendous speech
couldn't erase their frustrations.
Despite Clinton's plea for Democrats to unite, ...
Viral Videos From DNC08 in Denver
techPresident —
While network TV has cut back its coverage of the national political conventions to an hour a night, and within that hour we often get more of the network "stars" bloviating than straightforward speechifying from the convention floor, the internet is, as my colleague Andrew Rasiej likes to say, "the Tivo of our times." A glance back at the speeches and media moments in Denver and their YouTube views suggests a couple of episodes must have strong word-of-mouth, since people are going to watch the stuff they heard about but missed. These include:
John Kerry's speech, which was widely praised as one of the best of his career: More than 55,000 ...
Top 9 Reasons Obama Hasn’t Pulled Ahead
Pajamas Media —
Liberals say it's racism. They conveniently forget his inexperience and dubious pals. [image] Many people, especially liberals, have been puzzled by Barack Obama’s inability to pull ahead of John McCain. We’re less than 100 days out from the election and yet, if the vote were today, it would be anybody’s ball game. That’s despite the fact that George Bush is unpopular, Democrats seem to be more motivated than Republicans, Obama is raking in record amounts of money, and the country seems ready to give a Democrat a turn in the White House. So, how can Obama be deadlocked with McCain? Of course, liberals, being liberals, have blamed racism for Barack’s problems. ...
