OK. Bill nailed it. He gave the speech that Hillary should have given yesterday. He convincingly made a case for Obama. He answered the critics who said that Obama is too young and inexperienced. He did it with charm and a twinkle and made me slightly forget some of the slime ball comments that he's made in the past nine months.
Kerry is coming up. I'm going to watch that speech, too. Kerry has been surprising me lately. He's been looking rather fresh. The New Republic has piece about Kerry's redemption. So, I'm curious what he's going to say.
Will the Hillary voters really vote for McCain? My buddy Margie said that her Jewish relatives in Florida are going to make the switch. Margie said that her step-mother is worried about the "Mohammed" thing about Obama. There's a slew of scare e-mails making the rounds amongst the Florida Jews that Obama will side with the Muslims if there's an Israel showdown. Slightly scary.
Now why didn't Kerry give a speech like that four years ago? He was very good tonight, while he was boring and hesitant when he was running for office. It shows you how the presidential process really wrecks havoc on the mind. When you have a staff and polling data pulling you in different directions, it really takes the steam out of a good candidate.
Next up, Biden.
Burned out. Off to bed.
Oh, too bad. You missed mamma Biden. Have the Dems ever been this family-oriented? I'm enjoying it. Biden is a better guy than I thought. And Obama's cameo at the end was great.
Your sidekick image is hilarious, btw. Thanks for the laugh.
Posted by: RCinProv | August 27, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Kerry is running for Secretary of State. This is one of the attractions of voting for McCain, for me...
Posted by: dave.s. | August 28, 2008 at 07:08 AM
I caught a good bit of Biden's speech. I didn't know about the whole car accident thing. Yeah, I'm loving the family/overcoming tragedy theme this year.
Posted by: laura | August 28, 2008 at 08:20 AM
Wasn't personal tragedy a big Edwards theme in 2004? And a big Gore theme in 2000?
Posted by: Amy P | August 28, 2008 at 09:06 AM
Did someone say Edwards? That's the first time I've heard his name this week! How weird that he and Leiberman are now non-entities.
Posted by: RCinProv | August 28, 2008 at 10:34 AM