DNC: Day 3

This was awesome.  I really have literally no complaints.  Bill Clinton was excellent.  John Kerry was excellent.  Joe Biden was excellent.

Clinton totally beat expectations (which were, admittedly, very low) and made it very clear that he was totally in support of Obama.  He vouched for Obama’s readiness, and got in a good amount of clear policy attacks.  John Kerry’s accusations of flip-flopping were exactly what I’ve talked about before as the way the Democrats needed to attack McCain, and because it’s John Kerry it’ll get noticed.  And as good as they were, Biden outdid both of them.  His speech was emotional, honest, and strident.  It was perfect for the blue collar voters that Obama has been targeting.  It was strong on implied mastery of foreign policy, and in a way that wasn’t about Biden’s mastery of the issue, but about Obama’s.  It packaged a coherent view of Democratic positions in a way I haven’t seen many do recently.  (I’m thinking about things like the psychological value of work, for example.)  It was aggressive and went after McCain, but didn’t come off as a negative speech.  He told Obama’s life story in an earnest way that no one else has (and Obama, because it would sound egotistical, can’t even attempt).  It was, overall, an absolutely great night.

August 27, 2008 · Written by
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