I did not watch Michelle Obama’s speech last night, with the wife and I instead watching reruns of the Match Game, but I did catch a few seconds of the FNC review. Everyone there – Brit Hume, Chris Wallace, et al. – thought she gave a nice speech but did not convince anyone that her husband was anything other than what they had previously thought he was.
Teddy Kennedy’s allegedly unscheduled speech got better reviews, and the Washington Post put it gently:
Monday’s opening events highlighted the degree to which Obama’s advisers know they have work to do this week, from binding together a Democratic family still divided after a hard-fought nomination battle between Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to providing reassurance that the man they will nominate shares the values of Middle America and has the toughness and judgment to lead the country.
Monday night’s proceedings didn’t do it, evidently.
It is interesting to note that Jimmy Carter evidently did not speak. The old guy was shown only on vid, and I don’t know if he were even there.
Unity.
Courage.
Hopechangehope.
