Hillary's Speech

My first reaction to Hillary's speech at the DNC last night was - great! She did a better-than-expected job. She did what she needed to do to sway her diehard followers. I was watching on MSNBC and Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann also gave the speech high marks - out of the park, that sort of thing. But this morning there were nay-sayers. McCain said, she didn't say Obama was ready to lead. Okay - she did not - explicitly. But it was implicit - she said Obama was her candidate and that Democrats had to unite behind him and we had to have a Democrat - Barack Obama, specifically - in the White House again. Would she say those things about someone she thought could not be or was not a leader? But, as always, anything the least bit subtle - an implicit deduction, for example - is lost on McCain, Bush, Cheney or any Republican. Craig Crawford, of Congressional Quarterly, used to be a favorite pundit of mine. But he thought her speech was terrible for what it was supposed to be. Because she didn't provide any personal connection to Obama. Well, just, shut my mouth wide open, I guess Mr. Crawford is missing the heart-connection - so sad ;->

I do wish the polls would change. I know there is plenty of time, but McCain being ahead even in the slightest does interfere with my peace of mind and ability to sleep well!