A Very Quick Note About Clinton's Speech

[Plaid Adder]

I don't have time to really analyze it, but I just want to say this: she had a tough job to do and she could not have done it any better. I thought it was a great speech--I could have done without the hagiographic video, but I'm not gonna want to sit through Obama's hagiographic video either, I am not a fan of the form--and instead of just saying, "yeah, party unity, you should support the nominee, look I'm saying it now, so go do it," she actually laid out for the people who supported her the real consequences their "discontent" could potentially have, and made the case that supporting Obama will get them closer to what they were all supposed to be fighting for than sabotaging him would. Not being a Clinton supporter myself, I can't say whether many of them will find it persuasive. I'm just saying I don't think she could have done it any better than that.

As usual, the media will turn this blessing into a curse, and we'll be treated to "but since she did such a great job, doesn't this mean it was a mistake not to make her the VP?" for the next news cycle. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't; all I know is, if he HAD made Hillary Clinton the VP, the media would be attacking him 24/7 for doing *that.* Cause that's just what they do, and I haven't got time to rant about it.

The best thing about this, really, apart from the effect it hopefully will have on the election, is that it undoes some of the damage done to Clinton's image by the last weeks of her campaign. I don't think it served anyone's interest to see her torn down, either by her own decisions about what tactics were acceptable or by Obama's surrogates or by the media; and I'm glad she's had a chance to build herself back up.

Anyway. I hope everyone's happy in Denver tonight. I gotta hit the hay, I have a long day tomorrow.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[highplainsdem]

1. K&R. I think people are happy not just in Denver, but all over the country!

WTG, Hillary!

And let's go, Dems!