Night two of the democratic national convention went off without a hitch. Bill Clinton and Elizabeth Warren absolutely brought down the house. I am absolutely so impressed with the democrats at this convention. Absolute astonished at the way we have turned around our messaging, how positive we are sounding, and what a stark contrast we are drawing between ourselves and the republican party. The venom that was present at the republicans "convention", in retrospect of the first two nights of the democratic convention, makes the Romney campaign look weak and like it is running out of gas and desperate.
I was especially impressed with Bill Clinton tonight. I mean, what a man of class and character. What a tremendous speaker, and what a tremendous, roaring endorsement for the President from the man who presided over the largest expansion in jobs in the modern era of politics. There was no doubt that Bill Clinton would offer nothing but a full throated endorsement of President Obama, but in the day or so leading up to his speech the media tried to make hay out of the President Obama's and President Clinton past disagreements and arguments in the media to distract from the central message of Bill Clinton's speech -- a vote for President Obama will move this country forward.
Of course, Bill dispelled that notion and offered a fiery endorsement of the President and his policies, and then went after republicans in a way that I haven't seen in a long time. He wasn't mean, in stark contrast to the republican convention and most notably the Clint Eastwood speech, he was factual, sincere, courteous, and strong.
I really feel like what he said was true, and I have tried to explain it to people before when they tried that "both sides do it" when the subject of hatred in politics comes up: We don't hate republicans even though the far right hates us so much. We are perfectly willing with those in the republican party who are sane, and hold rational, fact based opinions rooted in reality. We don't hate conservatives. We disagree, we argue, we don't see eye to eye, but at the end of the day we are all americans who have basically the same hopes and dreams for the future. It is their hatred that grinds the wheels of government to a halt, brings the halls of congress to its knees, and strangles the President's abilities to solve everyday and extraordinary crises. With this iteration of the republican party, every small, seemingly bipartisan bill that used to pass with ease not ten years ago becomes a political struggle, distracting from the REAL issues that face Americans today. President Clinton did a great job of really highlighting this essential difference between the democratic and republican parties. The democrats are still waiting at the table, waiting for the day that the republican party becomes sane again. Waiting patiently for the day that the republicans finally decide that america is worth getting over petty partisan disagreements and do what is right for the country. Since Obama has been president, that day has yet to arrive.
If this is day two of the convention, I cannot wait for day three. And I cannot wait to see Obama speak. So far the roof on the place has come down more than once and I cannot help but feel that the sheer awesomeness of Obama's speech is going to blow the lid off the place. I sure would hate to be the Romney campaign right about now.