Hillary Clears The Bases

I've never been much of a Hillary fan, but I've got to tell you that her speech to the Democratic Convention was absolutely tremendous!!! She's really come a long way in her public speaking performances, as was evident in the later primaries, but for her though, it came a bit too late to overtake Obama in the delegate count; although, in typical Clinton fashion, she and Bill tried to make the primaries about popular vote when they couldn't get the delegate count on their side. All of that is now past, and she gave a truly astounding speech in support of the Democratic Ticket. She even gave John McCain a couple of smacks upside the head. Of course, she didn't fail to give her husband a pat on the back for the 1990s. I kind of think that if she had left that out, Bill would have gone into pouting mode. She talked about health care and supporting working people, something dear to this old guy's heart, as you may already know, if you read this blog on any kind of regular basis. Her husband, Joe Biden, and indeed, Obama himself have their work cut out for them to equal what Hillary did. I'm sure many of her true supporters will take heart and support Obama. There will always be some who will go their own way.

The only criticism I can give to the speech was that Hillary didn't exactly wrap her arms around the Obama-Biden ticket in a personal way. Her support was given because of shared goals and concerns. So many Americans are always at least a little skeptical about anything the Clintons are involved with, and I'm one of them. She cleared the bases for Obama, and I'm sure that both she and Bill will campaign for Obama, but there's always that lingering suspicion in my mind about who they will end up actually voting for.