The Republican National Convention is well underway however I wanted to take a quick moment to write out some thoughts I had on the speeches of the Democratic National Convention.
First thing I noticed while watching the convention with my family was how the front rows always had the most relevant signs in hand for the speaker. One minute they are holding Kennedy signs for Ted Kennedy, the next they have Hillary signs for Hillary. The staff must do a wicked good job handing those things out in a timely manner. Maybe the front delegations get a while pack if signs and they put up the correct one at the right time. I wonder if some has the gall to hold a Hillary sign during an Obama speech.
Nancy Pelosi kicked things off on Monday. I have to say while she was good some definitely 
turned into a kindergarten teacher with the “Barack Obama is right and John McCain is wrong.” It wasn’t the repetition of the phrase but the way she said it. I could totally imagine it on a segment of Sesame Street. “This show brought to you by the letter B… as in Barack Obama is right and John McCain is wrong.” I think it would be cool to see the candidates on Sesame Street wouldn’t it?
It was great to see Ted Kennedy travel all the way to the convention and lend some words. What resonated with me was his promise to return to congress next year. He is obviously one of the last great faces from the famed political family and I can’t imagine Congress without him. He left the convention with a great line, “And so with Barack Obama- for you and me, for our country and for our cause- the work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on.”
You know who was angry? Eleanor Holmes Norton. She gave a very passionate speech on how Washington DC should have voting rights. Unfortunately she gave it on Tuesday at 3:05 PM in front of a virtually empty convention hall. Hmm sounds like any other day in Congress.
I thought Hillary’s remarks were just what was needed. She lost the race and it was essential for her to delivery a ringing endorsement for Obama that not only moved her base but unified the entire party as a whole. I felt she delivered her remarks with the same gusto that you’d see while she was on the campaign trail. I liked her play of words, “No Way. No How. No McCain.” I think I’m going to use that one around the office.
Bill also delivered some strong remarks. Listening to his speech I have to say that either him or his speechwriter is a genius. He was dropping those lines like “People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power.” Bill knows how to deliver speeches in such an elequant way.
Barack’s acceptance speech was long and heard a lot of the same things in the beginning (how many times am I going to hear “ninety percent of the time” this fall?) However things got better towards the end. Reading the end again it is a like of the hope and change message that rings clear- I guess I’m just willing to give hope a chance.
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