If you ever wondered how Bill Clinton was twice elected president, tonight's speech cleared up any questions. He did exactly as I expected and was simply extraordinary. For the time and place, it couldn't have been more appropriate.
Other reactions:
Andrew Sullivan: "Readers know my personal disdain for Bill Clinton. But longtime readers
will also know I have always defended his solid centrist, smart record
in office and defended him against his most over-reaching enemies.
Tonight, I think, was one of the best speeches he has ever given."
Ezra Klein: "The speech he offered could have been a joint release from the Economic
Policy Institute and the Center for American Policy foreign affairs
department. But somehow, when Clinton reads it, policy slips free of
the weighty terms and looping sentences that press it down, and drifts
upward to read easily as part of the human condition, engaged with our
everyday experience. It's a remarkable skill, and one that no other
current politician possesses."
Michael Crowley: "He may nevert be completely absolved by
Obama's core supporters, and his standing will probably never be
restored to the Olympian heights of a couple of years ago. But that was
full-throated, sincere-sounding, and sophisticated case for his wife's
former mortal rival."
Glenn Reynolds: "Bill Clinton just demonstrated that he's still the best the Democrats have."
Mark Halperin: "He himself rose to the occasion with a decisive, hopeful and generous
affirmation that 'Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United
States.' This unambiguous declaration was the most important phrase
uttered since the convention began."
August 27, 2008
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