HRC, yay or nay?

[Rich]

For me, Hillary's speech was near perfect. The only gap was when she tried to refer to all Americans and mentioned the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the territories. Having spoken up in the speech for the invisible Americans, it's strange that she missed those of us in whose city she has spent so many years of her life.

[Anonymous]

I was trying to read between the lines and wondering what she was really thinking.

It must have been bittersweet for her to stand up in front of the thousands of her fellow Dems (not to mention the millions of tv watchers) and humbly throw her support to the "other guy".

[Anonymous]

I think she did a great job.

[Anonymous]

I had been turned off by how HRC ended her campaign, but she really surprised me tonight. I think she did a wonderful job. My favorite part was when she talked about the Twin Cities.

[Anonymous]

I love listening to the pundits and reading the bloggers now-- these guys used to hate her and revel in her failures, and sabotage her if they could--- but now that she's supporting their guy, they can't stop praising her ----- what a great speech! She sure is a good cheerleader for Obama. Women without power seem much easier to love for some guys.

[Rich]

Anonymous wrote:I love listening to the pundits and reading the bloggers now-- these guys used to hate her and revel in her failures, and sabotage her if they could--- but now that she's supporting their guy, they can't stop praising her ----- what a great speech! She sure is a good cheerleader for Obama. Women without power seem much easier to love for some guys.

I didn't see anything powerless about the speech. What I heard was "this guy is fighting for what we fought for, the other guy isn't." I did not hear "this guy is great" or "this guy deserved to beat us" or even "I was wrong about this guy not being prepared". Some of the pundits criticized her for not taking back her earlier criticism, but I think this was more honest. It said "You're my people, so keep following me as I support this guy."

Looking at Bill, I had no doubt that he was thrilled with her, and I don't think cheerleading for Obama would thrill him. But being able to claim part of the credit for regaining the White House for the Party might. We'll get a better idea tomorrow.

Like 00:17, I liked the Twin Cities bit. Also "no way, no how, no McCain".

[Anonymous]

:38 here- to clarify by powerless I meant, not going to be the Democratic nominee this time, and not engaging in a floor fight. But hopefully my cynicism will be proven wrong, and these fellas will remain warm towards her in 2012 or 2016, whatever the case may be.

[Anonymous]

I also thought it was a terrific speech. Funnily enough, I think that her last speech at the Building Museum in June (the concession speech) and the one last night were two of the best speeches I'd ever heard from her.

[Anonymous]

She was fantastic. Wish she was Obama's VP pick.

[Anonymous]

she never said she "liked" Obama. Even referred to Mcain as her friend but never a personal reference to Obama. Great speech.

[Anonymous]

I thought she was wonderful and I think it played great in person as two of my seriously anti-Hillary friends separately texted me from the convention to lament that she wasn't the VP nominee.

[Anonymous]

I have never been a Hillary fan and I thought she was fabulous. I was very impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote::38 here- to clarify by powerless I meant, not going to be the Democratic nominee this time, and not engaging in a floor fight. But hopefully my cynicism will be proven wrong, and these fellas will remain warm towards her in 2012 or 2016, whatever the case may be.

I don't know about "these fellas" but I believe it will help her to get a few more years in the Senate and get further from her White House baggage (and you can define that however you want ). I know I as a voter have been suffering from "White House Clintons" fatigue (voted for Obama because I thought his chances against McCain were slightly better) but I have seen her give an excellent speech on child welfare as a Senator and was impressed with her work. She is still young and has a great future ahead of her.

I was forced to change careers due to circumstances that came from a combination of unfairness, sexism, realities about the job market, and mistakes I made. I know it's hard to accept what happened and to move forward but I try to draw strength from other people who have bounced back from things like this. I will be looking to see what I can learn from her example.