My thoughts on HIllary's speech

[4themind]

I thought it was a very well structured speech. She accomplished several things in my opinion, she recognized the hard work of her supporters, but gave reasons for why that support, and that hard work should now be transferred to Obama, she also drew the contrasts with McCain well, on specific issues that resonate with ,I would think, the majority of democrats and many independents/.

Specifically, she talked about the people involved in her campaign, the cancer victim, the army soldier, the struggling young child. She raised these people as pillars of support for her campaign, and then she spun it around beautifully and said 'do you continue to support THEM, do you continue to support helping to allieviate the plight of these people? Wasn't it the plight of people like these and people like YOU that it that drew you to "me" in the first place and if so, you know who is offering THEM and you a better future in this election, Barack Obama'. This had the dual role of reminding her supporters of the fight they HAD gone through and what they should CONTINUE to go through but behind Obama's banner now.

She drew the contrasts well with McCain, on the issue of healthcare (and although Obama and hillary have disagreements there I think the implication to her supporters is that it will be easier to move Obama to that goal than it will be for McCAin and that should be another reason to throw your support to him). She also did an excellent job of putting up what we (as democrats) want to do and juxtaposing it directly against McCain, with excellent audience interaction as well (No!) And the twin cities line will be a nice condensation sound bite to be used in ads and on the teevee replays, all in all I liked it.

[BunkerHill24]

1. I don't thing Hillary supporters will be satisfied tonight

...they still see her as the candidate. I am not so sure her speech helped obama tonight

[liberalmuse]

2. That was a extremely good analysis.

Thanks for sharing! :toast:

[earthlover]

3. Hillary hit a home run,,,the ball is just passing Pluto....

I think Hillary's was one of the best political speeches I have heard ever.

Best line was her question for her supporters of whether they were in it just for her or for the issues and people she fought for. If any of her so-called supporters don't follow her explicit advice, they are not to be argued with, they are out of the loop. Let them vote for the guy who opposes almost everything she is for, who is against choice, and on a personal level treated the most important woman in his life at the time like day old bread after she got injured and her physical beauty didn't measure up any more and didn't even wait until the divorce to get engaged! Any Hillary supporter who now supports McCain is on another planet. Who cares about them, they are irrelevant.