Day 1 - Ted Kennedy showing up was huge. It energized the crowd and certainly was nice to see given his condition. Michelle Obama was very good. She showed that she is articulate and charismatic. I thought the kids at the end with Obama on the screen was a little much. I see the parallels to Kennedy and 'Camelot' but I think those things will come naturally.
Day 2 - It was all about Hillary - great speech. Say what you want about her but she delivered and hopefully woke up her 'base' from the baggage they are carrying.
Day 3 - I missed most of Bill's speech because I was on a fantasy football prep call (priorities you know) but the sound bytes seemed spot on. I was surprised to see that the National Networks waited to start coverage until 10:00 knowing Bill was speaking at 9:00 - hmmm. Joe Biden is AWESOME. His story is great and his son Beau was very good (and not just because he is a client of mine :) ). All of the speakers on Day 3 were overshadowed by the 'history' of the day. No matter where you stand or what party you are a member of you have to stand back and hopefully enjoy the step we are making in history and humanity by having Barack Obama be the nominee for President. On top of that, he was sent on by Hillary Clinton and her historical run and the process was run by the Speaker of the House, the FIRST female Speaker of the House that is!
No matter what your political lean this was certainly a good night for mankind.
Tonight Obama wraps things up in front of 80,000!
Tomorrow we turn to see how the Republicans counter on the VP front. There Convention should not lack for interest, but it will certainly lack diversity.
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