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27 Aug 08
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Hillary Clinton was interrupted for applause 29 times. In a week that was, thus far, themeless and tepid, intent on justifying itself and the familiarity of its speakers, Clinton's speech was the first that made the Pepsi Center feel like the site of a convention rather than the host of a series of panels.
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if her supporters believed in her, then that's what they were signing up for: An effort to expand health care, and weight economic policy towards the middle class, and refashion American foreign policy into something sane and recognizable. The candidate left in the race with a similar set of beliefs is Barack Obama.
The message has the virtue of being true.
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It was a speech about being a Democrat, and what electing a Democrat will mean for the country. Tonight, she was the party's standard bearer.
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she did not -- repeat, NOT -- assuage those who have doubts about Obama's character or conviction. She did not bear witness to the ways that he fights for us. She did not reassure us of his experience or readiness to be president. She did not rebut McCain's claims that Obama is practically guilty of treason (preferring to lose a war than lose an election). Instead, in Clinton's telling, Obama is merely someone who bears a similar set of beliefs to some generic Democrat.
"Tonight, she was the party's standard bearer." Yes, exactly, and so she made the chasm between her supporters and his wider rather than narrower.
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this isn't about Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or any one person in particular. It's about saving the country and the world from another 4 years of a Republican in the White House.
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the Greens/Naderists I know have been turning away from Barak for while saying they wouldn't vote at all, but they never really supported any of the candidates so Obama's hard turn to the right only confirmed their determination not to vote.
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My boycott is not in support of Hillary. If Hillary’s supporters turn their backs on Obama it could rebound very negatively on Hillary: no matter what she does, she will probably be blamed for it and it might even doom her political future. But this is not about her. This is about drawing a line in the sand and saying I will not take this anymore.
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Obama is running as a "post-partisan" who's attacking the Democratic policy agenda...
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there is a healthy Democratic Congress to stop McCain from passing his preferred legislation...
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I don't see why standing by silently as Obama tries to remake the Democratic Party in General Electric's image makes any sense.
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