As of this post, the Democratic National Convention is now half over. Obviously, the highlight of the evening was Hillary Clinton. She was the main event. She delivered the best speech. She was by far the biggest crowd pleaser. She, quite convincingly in my opinion, made an effort to rally support for Obama. It was easily on par with or better than any of the other speeches I’ve heard her deliver. I think she did her best to burry the hatchet and unite the party.

Unfortunately, she was only one of two good speeches of the evening, and as good as they were, two good speakers out of over forty seems like something of a disappointment.

Today was the first day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. This post is a summery of the events and speakers for the day.

This morning presidential hopeful Senator Barak Obama announced his decision to pick Delaware Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate.

So, as sort of an ongoing example of the level we’ve sunk to in American politics, the Obama campaign joked that if we allowed off shore drilling, we’d only generate the energy we could save if we properly inflated our tires. Instantly, of course, the McCain camp ridiculed Obama – his plan to energy independence is to give everyone a tire gauge.

The more rational of us rolled our eyes and sighed at the blatant absurdity of mainstream politics.

If you have been following my posts for the last couple days, you have seen my discussions on what I look for in a President, what I think of the Republican nominee, John McCain, and what I think of the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama. I think, especially after what I’ve written about Obama, it [...]