Michelle the star on opening day
I already published longer posts on the opening of the Democratic convention at Newshoggers and Detroit News so I'll just give you the shorter version here.
Overall - the Dems did well. The early speakers did a good job of outlining what's at stake in 08 and drawing a bright line between the parties.
Pelosi - meh. She did okay but she's not an inspiring speaker.
The Kennedy tribute - Caroline is terrific, the documentary was very good and Ted didn't leave a dry eye in the house. The Kennedys haven't lost their ability to inspire.
Michelle Obama - Just wow. She knocked it out of the park. She'll make a fabulous First Lady that Americans can be proud of. And the kids talking to Daddy at the end was just charming. [Video here. ]
The Media - Major fail. If I had to watch it on the cable news, I wouldn't have made it through the night. The overpaid pundits are largely idiots and wrong about everything. Carville is a total putz. And they shortchanged long time Republican, Jim Leach from Iowa, who is not a great orator but the content of his speech was explosive. Thank goodness for CSPAN.
Overall - the Dems did well. The early speakers did a good job of outlining what's at stake in 08 and drawing a bright line between the parties.
Pelosi - meh. She did okay but she's not an inspiring speaker.
The Kennedy tribute - Caroline is terrific, the documentary was very good and Ted didn't leave a dry eye in the house. The Kennedys haven't lost their ability to inspire.
Michelle Obama - Just wow. She knocked it out of the park. She'll make a fabulous First Lady that Americans can be proud of. And the kids talking to Daddy at the end was just charming. [Video here. ]
The Media - Major fail. If I had to watch it on the cable news, I wouldn't have made it through the night. The overpaid pundits are largely idiots and wrong about everything. Carville is a total putz. And they shortchanged long time Republican, Jim Leach from Iowa, who is not a great orator but the content of his speech was explosive. Thank goodness for CSPAN.
Labels: Democrats, Election 08, Obama
posted by Libby Spencer at 12:41 PM
2 Comments:
Except for Brooks, NPR had better coverage. Brooks, of course, is a creature from an alternate universe.
CSPAN rules my world. Even the NPR irritate me after a while, although the easiest to take and Brooks is a grade A putz.
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