Joe Biden at the DNC

Another knockout speech, this one from Joe Biden, Vice Presidential nominee.

The best part is the part where he talks about his mom starting about 5:30. She was in the audience. If I can make my mom one tenth as proud as she looked, I'll know that I've succeeded mightily.



Update:

August 28 is the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream.

Hillary Clinton at the DNC

Hillary Clinton addressing the DNC. Very, very well done: an extraordinary speech, a wholehearted, sincere endorsement of Barack Obama, and a clear call for her supporters to help elect him.

Honest and sincere Hillary Clinton comes across very well. If this had been the woman who ran for the party's nomination starting in January, she would have gotten it.

I wonder, however, if she does better without the pressure of the candidacy.



Here she is during the roll call vote moving that Barack Obama be nominated by unanimous voice acclimation:



Bonus Video

Everyone's favorite Congressdork, Dennis Kucinich. He's on fire!

John McCain Doesn't Know What Middle Class Means

John McCain being interviewed at the Saddleback Forum last weekend:

Q: Define rich.
A: ... if you’re just talking about income, how about $5 million.

From the Carpetbagger Report:

As far as McCain is concerned, if you make $4.9 million a year, more than 99.9% of the population, you’re not quite rich.

In graphical form (click for bigness):



This has led to an excellent DNC attack ad: