DNC live-Twittering, Wednesday edition
Here we go...
You can read my updates on my Twitter page,or you can view the 25 most recent updates below.
UPDATE: Quick summary: Bill Clinton's speech was unbelievably good. It was everything Hillary's wasn't, and then some. He is just such a great speaker. The commentariat will be buzzing over this speech right up until Obama takes the stage at Invesco tomorrow night. It was the highlight of the convention to date.
John Kerry's speech was also stunningly good. (Remember, I'm saying this as a proud "Kerry Hater for Kerry" from '04.) He framed McCain better than any other speaker has, and did so in precisely the right tone, with excellent delivery -- in Karen Tumulty's words, "Zell Miller without the mean." See for yourself. He really gets going around the 3-minute mark:
It took him a couple minutes to get his bearings, and he goes on a bit too long with the patriotism stuff at the end, but otherwise, just excellent. Where was that Kerry in 2004? (And who knew he was capable of such fantastic self-deprecation?)
[UPDATE: TNR's Michael Crowley makes a good point: "Kerry's speech recognized the best way to undermine McCain's formidable image of integrity and honor is through plain and indisputable facts about his record -- not ad hominem shots that allow McCain to flash his POW card." Yes.]
Joe Biden's speech was pretty good as well, and the surprise appearance by Obama afterward was very effective. Oh yeah, and the nomination by acclamation went off without a hitch.
Bottom line, tonight the Democrats finally decided to show up and throw a freakin' convention.
Meanwhile, John McCain has picked his veep, and will reportedly tell the person tomorrow and announce it Friday morning. It's believed to be either Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, or Joe Lieberman.
P.S. If McCain picks Lieberman, fully 1/25th -- four percent -- of the U.S. Senate will be running for president or vice president. And surely this would be the first time in U.S. history that all four national candidates in the two major parties have been sitting senators?
You can read my updates on my Twitter page,
UPDATE: Quick summary: Bill Clinton's speech was unbelievably good. It was everything Hillary's wasn't, and then some. He is just such a great speaker. The commentariat will be buzzing over this speech right up until Obama takes the stage at Invesco tomorrow night. It was the highlight of the convention to date.
John Kerry's speech was also stunningly good. (Remember, I'm saying this as a proud "Kerry Hater for Kerry" from '04.) He framed McCain better than any other speaker has, and did so in precisely the right tone, with excellent delivery -- in Karen Tumulty's words, "Zell Miller without the mean." See for yourself. He really gets going around the 3-minute mark:
It took him a couple minutes to get his bearings, and he goes on a bit too long with the patriotism stuff at the end, but otherwise, just excellent. Where was that Kerry in 2004? (And who knew he was capable of such fantastic self-deprecation?)
[UPDATE: TNR's Michael Crowley makes a good point: "Kerry's speech recognized the best way to undermine McCain's formidable image of integrity and honor is through plain and indisputable facts about his record -- not ad hominem shots that allow McCain to flash his POW card." Yes.]
Joe Biden's speech was pretty good as well, and the surprise appearance by Obama afterward was very effective. Oh yeah, and the nomination by acclamation went off without a hitch.
Bottom line, tonight the Democrats finally decided to show up and throw a freakin' convention.
Meanwhile, John McCain has picked his veep, and will reportedly tell the person tomorrow and announce it Friday morning. It's believed to be either Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, or Joe Lieberman.
P.S. If McCain picks Lieberman, fully 1/25th -- four percent -- of the U.S. Senate will be running for president or vice president. And surely this would be the first time in U.S. history that all four national candidates in the two major parties have been sitting senators?
posted by Brendan Loy at
8/27/2008 05:50:00 PM
