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As someone who has never liked HRC, I have to hand it to her -- tonight was a triumph not only for her but for the Democratic party as a whole. If she was faking it, she's truly on an acting par with Helen Mirren, but I don't think she was. I heard the emotion in her voice. She believed what she was saying. She has laid down the challenge to her supporters -- now we will see if they can rise above the disappointments of the past and move on. It seems to me that Hillary certainly has.
Now, of course, we cut to Bill. Perhaps we shouldn't. His strange comments yesterday about candidates promising the world and then not delivering coupled with the news that he's skipping Obama's speech seems so childish and petulant compared to Hillary's attitude. If he spends the majority of his speech tonight trumpeting his own administration, it will be a mistake. If he is truly concerned about the accusations of racism that have been leveled at him, he would be wise to heap a little praise on Obama before basking in his own spotlight.
