lol, you know it's true.

As angry as his sins have made me, I have never wondered for one moment whether he would put America ahead of himself. I have never for one moment thought he went into politics to get rich or for anything other than public service and some healthy egoism.

and when I hear him talk, oh, I have missed having a president who could talk!!! I have missed having a president who did not shame me with his ignorance.

The Clintons are great people.

Honor them.

Thank you Bill. Only you could have made the connection between hope in '92 and hope in '08 and you did it. With consummate public speaking skill.
I was worried as you began to speak when the camera panned to Hillary and she looked worried, in freeze frame. But you came through and made it look and sound as though this is what you thought all along. No one but you could have glossed over the disparity between what you said during the primary and what you said tonight. But your greatest moment was when you addressed the future and said, re McCain: "...thank you, but no thank you."And, for that, Bill, I say: THANK YOU, and THANK YOU.

Bill absolutely did everything he needed to do, and a good chunk of what I wanted him to do.

The Big Dog is at his very best when he takes big, complicated issues, and reduces them to absurdly simple choices. He did a wonderful job of that tonight.

The explicit endorsement of Obama's readiness was critical - and he did it twice. Well done, Mr. President.

Now, Bill just has to call Wolfson, Carville and Begala - and tell them to STFU. :-)

Couple of statements above that sort of sum it up for me.

"He did exactly what I didn't dare hope"

"No one but you could have glossed over the disparity between what you said during the primary and what you said tonight."

and "Thank you, Mr. President"

It WAS good to see him *back* ...feel that magic again? Who WAS that person running around in his clothes during the primary???

Once or twice while Biden was speaking and the cameras flashed to the Clintons, I got the feeling that maybe to their surprise, they were enjoying things, maybe a little enthused, and maybe even interested in the "tomorrows" coming up. Never a door closes without .....

Her speech complemented by his -- you truly couldn't ask for more. I think I'll go eat a lot of words now.

I'm really interested in how their snore-fest in Minn will play out, and especially with the media. They're whole bit has gotten so obvious, the way they try to handicap the races. With this massive feel good convention, they've interjected disunity and dullness. So with the bore that the Republican Convention will surely be, I expect them to greatly exaggerate the excitement and party unity.

Lux puts it well, and puts it in the proper order: "..mind and heart." It seems like a lifetime since we've had Democrats appeal to the mind and not be afraid that they'll be accused of talking down to the public or some other astounding ridiculous right wing meme.

He had me at hello.

Most politicians say they care about people, some of them mean it, but very few of them manage to convey it in a genuine way. Bill Clinton does it masterfully.

Barack does to. And that bodes well.

At least they stopped calling him racist. A new low in dem politics.

Watching his wife's speech, he comforted the survivors of two fellow Dems that recently passed. One on each arm, hugging them when Hillary honored them.

Then he was beaming with pride and love watching his wife give the best speech of her career.

The next night he had them eating out of his hand, the best in the business.

Not only are the Clintons great Americans, they are great people with big hearts. They should be honored and not attacked and called racists.

Clearthinker said "[Clinton] might not have had a 1st term for the 22nd Amendment. In 1988, the country was still in love with Ronald Reagan. He was the first president to get clipped by the 22nd Amendment...."

Actually Reagan was the second - Eisenhower was the first directly affected by the 22nd Amendment. Not that he likely would have run in 1960 anyway - he was 70 at the time of the election, but he was the first president to have served two terms after that amendment was passed.

Another excellent and concise post from Lux.

Thanks for the positive post, LUD.

It was thrilling to see the Clinton love-fest in the hall. Those dedicated delegates are the loyal Dems I remember from past conventions.

After Hillary's speech, the talking heads looked stunned to find massive quantities of egg on their faces.

And the Republicans must have had an Uh-Oh moment when they saw Bill's pre-speech standing ovation. Surely the Republicans realize that they have not just Obama to obliterate, but they must revive the anti-Clinton talking points immediately. So they started with Hillary, of course. Let's watch and see if they do Bill too.