Uppity Wisconsin

Bill Clinton at the DNCBill Clinton has just taken the stage, to by far the biggest ovation that has been seen (though I'm sure tomorrow is going to be completely nuts).  The hall is crowded beyond belief - everyone on the floor appears to have just gotten engaged - well, anyway, they're pretty close to each other.  The security guards are trying to keep everyone moving, but there's not much of anywhere to move to.

Clinton is in criticizing Bush mode, as I would have expected, and is asking everyone who supported Hillary to throw all of their work behind Obama. I think that any doubt people might have had that Bill Clinton would sound half-hearted in his support of Obama is gone. I have to say - he has the audience in the palm of his hand. This all feels a lot like a revival meeting - let's hope the revival happens.  I'm always amazed by Clinton's ability to talk to a room full of this many people and to have most of them feel he is speaking directly to them.

The world has always been more impressed with the power of our example than the example of our power.

My fellow Democrats, America can do better than that - And Barack Obama will do better than that.

I think he's splitting the issue of McCain exactly right - praising him for who he is, and his devotion to his country - but saying that he just cannot escape the ideology he has inherited from his fellow Republicans, and that he's promising more of what we've seen for the last eight years. Let's send them a simple message - "Thanks, but no thanks - In this case third time is not the charm"

Sen. Herb KohlIn the mean time, Sen. Herb Kohl has arrived in the audience, and Sen. Feingold is rumored to be on his way.  Its getting even more crowded in here, if that's possible.