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Ed Rendell – another lame speech

August 26, 2008 /

I know he’s not speaking in prime time, so the crowd really wasn’t ready for a big speech, but Ed Rendell laid an egg with his speech on energy.

The substance was great, but the delivery was terrible. He rushed through it, and didn’t give the crowd a chance to get involved.

He made some great points that hopefully he’ll repeat in interviews. He focused on John McCain’s record of voting against initiatives for clean energy or energy independence. These themes need to be repeated over and over again. Hopefully other speakers will pick up on the theme and do a better job.

For example, McCain keeps saying that he favors a strategy of “all of the above,” meaning that he favors drilling and all other approaches. The problem is that he has consistently opposed ALL of these in the past. He’s a total fraud on this issue. On this point, Rendell’s speech just didn’t go far enough.

Democrats, President 2008

Nancy Pelosi gives a pretty lame speech

August 25, 2008 /

Nancy Pelosi did a good job explaining some of the issues where John McCain opposed popular initiatives like the minimum wage and health care for children, but overall the speech wasn’t very impressive.

The best thing to come from the speech was an indication that the Democrats are serious about going after McCain and drawing distinctions on policy. They need to keep repeating this theme, and hope that others speakers deliver the message more forcefully.

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Mark Warner will deliver keynote address at Democratic Convention

August 13, 2008 /

This is a good choice. Mark Warner would have been the perfect pick for Obama’s running mate, but he’s running for the open Senate seat in Virginia, and he’s practically guaranteed to win.

Warner has tremendous appeal to white, Southern voters, and he is very respected on economic issues. Expect him to drive home the theme that middle class voters should be voting with the Democratic Party this year.

It’s also helpful that Warner’s keynote address will happen on the same night that Hillary Clinton speaks. He’s a unifying figure, and will give the press many talking points to blunt the invitable Clinton drama stories we can expect to hear from the press that night.

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Obama invites Bill Clinton to speak at the convention; Bill accepts

August 7, 2008 /

MSNBC is reporting that Bill Clinton will speak on Wednesday night at the Democtratic convention, the same night that the Vice Presidential pick will speak.

The media is having a field day talking up the “rift” between Obama and the Clintons. Naturally, the Clintons can’t do anything without a heavy dose of drama, but as usual this is all overblown.

I would have been shocked if Bill Clinton wasn’t asked to speak at the convention, so this is not a surprise. Of course, it should have happened sooner, and we have no idea if this is the fault of the Clintons or the Obama campaign.

In any event, expect great speeches from both Bill and Hillary, which will be a big boost for Obama.

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