Live-blogging Joe Biden

I LOVE that Biden is being introduced through his groundbreaking support of VAWA, the violence against women act.

PunditMom is live-blogging the speech over at Momocrats.

I love Jill Biden right now- how overwhelming this must be for her. I am so touched by Biden the father. I am so touched by Michelle Obama crying her eyes out. I love that we have men on the podium who are openly emotional- who cry and hug and kiss, father and son. And Biden did a wonderful job of setting apart his life as an underdog's, a fighter's.

Biden's speech I: "The America that George Bush left us"

McCain doesn't get it. McCain=Bush. But "Obama is the great American story." He worked his way up and he gets it.

More children and families in IL have health care bc of Obama? I didn't know that. Interesting Biden is giving a bio of Obama's legislative accomplishments.

Obama tapped into the oldest belief in America: we have the power to change things.

II: Direction of McCain: "More of the same."

McCain has voted with Bush 95%. The "John" touch is very effective: Biden diminishes McCain by familiarizing him.

McCain voted 19 times against the minimum wage.
And the most effective line: McCain will continue to spend $10 billion a month when the Iraqis sit on billions of oil surplus.

Obama will bring down healthcare costs by $2500 for the average American family!!

III: Foriegn Policy-- "John McCain was wrong and Barack Obama was right."

Afghanistan: the real front of the War on Terror. Russia in Georgia shows the impact of Bush Administration's neglect of what matters in foreign policy. Biden: Bush foriegn policy has been an abysmal failure.

McCain said Afghanistan didn't matter anymore- it was a success. Obama said we needed more troops. Obama was right.

Iran: even the Bush Administration recognizes Obama was right- we need to talk to Iran

Iraq: even the Bush Administration recognizes Obama was right- they are about to set a timeline for withdrawal of US troops.

We're ready. This is our time.

Pretty short speech. I liked the takeaways: clear, powerful.

And here's Barack. It's good to be a Democrat tonight!!!

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Riveting, wasn't it?

MOMocrats loved Biden's mom and his grandkids! And everyone here seems to think Biden and Obama rocked... why some of the television media is criticizing his speech, I don't know - the buzz from the convention is that everybody did it right today and that they passed the unity test with flying colors.

Submitted by Sarah Granger on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 19:46

Morra, thank you!

I missed it all. Picture me and my twelve-year-old, stranded on the side of a road for...a while...all because I'm driving a friend's car this week and I was stupid enough to run out of gas.

So - no television. No radio. No nothing. Except this live blog. Thank you!

Now I must ask: Did you catch John Kerry and what did you think of it, as a former Kerry campaign staffer?

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Submitted by Lisa Stone on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 19:56

I love what Clinton said

I love what Clinton said about the "power of example versus the example by power."

Did you think of his contribution tonight? The crowd seemed crazy for him.

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Submitted by ckarrick on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 20:03

Biden on ticket

It was a great speech, especially at the beginning! I think Biden brings a lot to this ticket, especially his story about his commitment to his children when they were little.

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Submitted by PunditMom on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 05:07