And I'm thrilled punditgirl will be joining in. Tell her that I'm particularly interested in her thoughts about Senator Clinton's speech.

~Denise
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So you can count me in!

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

I'm looking forward to your live-blogging tonight!  

my last post:

2 Reasons Why Women Should Vote for Obama

That is if the kid goes to bed nicely! haha!

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Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

Since I can't be there tonight (so bummed! esp. to miss PunditGirl watching Hillary - so awesome) I will be reading with rapt attention your thoughts and insights PunditMom!  

http://www.aparentinsilverspring.com

Not in the media tent at Pepsi tonight, alas...found a spot in the bar here, although CNN and CSPAN are on dueling tvs and it's maddening.

Looking forward to joining you.

Laurie

I am sooo looking forward to this. I operate solely from a laptop as it is just so much more convenient for me. I am propped, prepped and ready for this historic event. I hope you guys have lots of fun and present all the points.

Roschelle Nelson

TV, Blogher and Twitter this is the best convention coverage EVAH!

~Susan                                                                                                                   

http://lilmomthatcould.com/

My husband and I will be here and watching HRC together. Can't wait for it all to start!

Caroline

http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/

to me is by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick: "Democrats don't deserve to win just because Republicans deserve to lose." Then he exhorts the crowd to work.

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

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Never in my life thought I'd hear my home-state governor introduce the almost-nominee. And he's good! Lotta practice warming up all 920k of us...?

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

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"Thank you! Thank you all. Thank you...

Thank you all very very much.

(repeat)

I am so honored to be here tonight

(It's so loud, she cannot be heard)

I'm here tonight as a proud mother, as a proud Democrat, as a proud senator from New York, a proud American and a proud supporter of Barack Obama.

My friends, it is time to take back the country we love. Whether you voted for me or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose.

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

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"To my supporters, to my champions, to my sisters of the traveling pantsuits. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

You never gave in and you never gave up."

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

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I guess I missed Hillary more than I thought!!

She is on fire!! And she's not talking about HER, she's talking about US.

Morra Aarons-Mele
www.womenandwork.org

"I'm a senator today because in 1848 a group of brave women gathered in Seneca Falls, NY..." Crowd goes wild as HRC celebrates 88th Amendment.

"My mother was born before women could vote. My daughter got to vote her mother for president. This is the story of America."

Now she's invoking "a brave New Yorker" Harriet Tubman.

"And even in the darkest moments, that is what America stands for. ...We're

"Before we can keep going, we've got to get going by electing Barack Obama the President of the United States. We don't have a moment to lose or a vote to spare. Nothing less than the future of this country hangs in the balance...We've got to make sure that the choice we make in this election honors the lives of all the people who came before us."

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

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absolutely awesome. Hillary was on point tonight without a doubt. she did an excellent job from her opening with the thank you she gave to the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits" to the immortal words of Harriet Tubman...If you want to see freedom...KEEP GOING!!

Roschelle Nelson

Her name may not be printed on the ballot, but that does NOT mean that we can't put it there! It is time for democrats to accomplish the improbable and show the government that WE THE PUBLIC are the ones who should control our nation's fate. We should show them that we WILL NOT BE forced into electing someone that we don't want as president. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY-- we have MORE THAN TWO OPTIONS FOR PRESIDENT. It is time to let our voices be HEARD for once, and actions speak louder than words! VOTE FOR HILLARY IN THE "OTHER" CATEGORY FOR PRESIDENT.

Like All Great Bronx Bombers Hillary Hit One Way Out of the Ballpark! Yes. My only prayer would be that some of the Obamaniacs listened, watched her demeanor and lack or arrogance and thought long and hard about how badly they disrespected her during the primaries ... she would be the Perfect President.  Period. Full Stop.

Hillary 2012

Don't even think about Hillary as a write in. Do you not recall exactly how close the last elections have been! Think Gore, think what spoilers like Nader did. Don't ruin Hillary's reputation. She has a long politically active life ahead where she can do so much for all of us. SUPPORT her by voting for Obama and keeping Hillary's name spoken with continued respect.

The world shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

--Anais Nin

At last I'm at peace with the outcome of the Democratic Party's nominating process. At some point the Obama pollsters must have made the determination (and this may have been true all along) that Hillary on the ticket would cost more than it would be worth in terms of the loss of potential "swing" voters. I cannot believe Barak Obama made this decision on any basis other than the effect it will have on the outcome of the election and the future of our country. Nor will I ever believe he made the decision on the basis that he is not "strong" enough to be president with Hillary Clinton as his VP.
It's possible this speech tonight and the others Hillary (and Bill) will deliver in the weeks to come may garner more votes for Obama than Hillary's place on the ticket would have. We all know how many women there are out there who have used her forgiveness of her husband's infidelities to rationalize their hatred of Hillary's feminism and success in a man's world. These are the women who call her a b**** and say all their friends are men (because women are petty or whatever.) Then there are the male mysoginists who may stay home or out in the duck blinds who might otherwise have been motivated to go to the polls to vote against an Obama / Clinton ticket. 

When it comes to enacting the Democratic Party platform Barak will need the strong leadership of Senator Hillary Clinton. I'm not in favor of Hillary accepting a position in an Obama administration or doing anything more than remaining in the Senate and taking Harry Reid's place. When we have a woman Speaker of the House and woman Majority Leader of the Senate history will have been made nearly to the extent it would have been with our first woman president. And I believe we will have a woman president in 2016, and her name will be Chelsea Clinton. 

Her speech was presidential. Which makes the whole turn of events even more poignantly tragic.

Suddenly now all those pundit guys are talking about how great Hillary is. All that "home run" talk. Huffington Post has a whole series of men using sports metaphors like the home run thing to suddenly praise her.

It's like Gloria Steinem recently said -- Men are admired when they win, and women are admired when they move over. Had all those homerun men given her the respect she deserved all along, Hillary would be running for president right now.

Here's looking to 2016....

We Hillary supporters understand that she has to ask us to vote for Obama but this is one gal that will not vote for him. The Media shoved him in our face and down our throats when it's clearly obvious to anyone (especially after last night's very presidential like speech) that Hillary was truly the best person for the job. No one watching her can deny she's got her act together, she inspires confidence and she's motivating

I've considered writing her in as well. If it ruins Obama's chances-so be it. John McCain would be a better choice than Obama.

Obama was a big mistake. Perhaps by 2012 everyone will realize that Hillary was the best person for the job after.

Last night, I feel like I saw a side to Hillary that I hadn't seen much throughout most of the primary. Loved the quips she came up with (No Way, No How, No McCain and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits) and appreciated her class. She shined. She was gracious, and she did what she needed to do for the Democratic Party and for her political future. The best for me was her emphasis on why her voters supported her: the issues. If the Dems win the WH, I think we are not finished seeing Hillary. And for the first time in a long while, I'm looking forward to observing what that will look like. 

It was a bit creepy to hear all of the white men on NBC talk before her speech about the 18 million cracks she put in the ceiling and how momentous that was...ummm, hellloooo?! I was glad to see Rachel Maddow come on a bit later in the coverage!

Notions of Identity

I knew she had it in her and her speech last night gave me the strength to do what I've been unable to do; get behind Obama.

And, yes, here's hoping for '16. 

Amanda

http://lifewithbriar.blogspot.com

http://toddlywinks.blogspot.com

I watched the speech last night. The commentary leading up to it and afterwards has really been aggravating me:

1. I am appalled at this sweeping characterization of former Clinton supporters who are unsure whether they'll vote for Clinton as "angry, emotional women who are disappointed." Way to buy into every sexist message there is. I may vehemently disagree with anyone who would vote McCain/stay home over voting for Obama, but honestly where are the stats that they're doing so for irrational, emotional reasons over rational, policy reasons? And oh, BTW: Clinton had millions of male supporters. Are they angry and emotional too? Feh.

2. Meanwhile, as a grown adult woman: I don't actually need Hillary to tell me who to vote for at all. The minute she withdrew i was capable of making my own choice, based on my own opinions. Patronizing much? I can't stand this assumption that Hillary has to do jack to "mother bear" her supporters into line. OK, maybe some small group...again, let's see the real numbers. Who are the sheep waiting to be led vs. rational grown-ups looking for the reasons.

3. When has someone who was so very nearly a winner asked to abase themselves so thoroughly before the winner? John McCain wasn't in 2000. Dean wasn't in 2004. And they weren't nearly as close to winning the nom. This is the way we make her pay for coming so close: make her responsible. Endlessly debate whether she did "enough." Hey, I have a novel idea: How about Obama actually just win the thing because he rocks?

4. Finally, if Hillary is going to be made responsible for the actions of her supporters...all 18 million of them...how about we have the same standard for Obama. I started out enthusiastic about BOTH candidates and the disrespectful language and behavior of some of the most ardent Obama supporters totally turned me off...hey, I know it's not him, but these PUMA folks are not her either. I say they both stop being held responsible for anything but their own words, actions and policies, and we all just move on.

I actually did watch her during the primary season and don't feel I saw something surprising or new from her last night. We have been sold a story, or mythology really, by the media on all sides. I wasn't a rabid Hillary fan when this all started, but I can tell you what I am now: Someone who doesn't want to hear one more pundit pundificate. (Can i coin that term?)

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