I just captioned it with the notation that conventions actually were unscripted then, so they were far more fun to watch.  The first reality TV!

Me neither.  

Having Bill Clinton sell Democrats would have been a wonderful thing. Having him give a sober speech about how Obama can be commander in chief? What a waste of talent. Too bad they threw Wes Clark under the bus. He would have been the right person to make this case.

Hell, FDR would assigned to talking about the environment or something.

NEW! CHANGE!

What the heck is wrong with these people?!!  Republicans aren't going to help them win, but democrats might, if they appeal them.  They need to convince US, the democrats, to vote for them, before they even think about recruiting republicans and independents.  

I think that Obama won't have to do a thing like that to create a thud like that.  From the photo I saw of the stage, that will do it all by itself.

I give it a point that will disappear fast, because McCain makes his VP pick the next day.  If it's an interesting one, the heavens will open in hallelujahs for something to enliven September.  

 Keith Olbermann will make  Hillary Clinton the worst person of the week for saying 3 words and he'll belch out another Special Comment invoking poor Edward R. Murrow again. Someone on the usual blogs will invoke "Whitewater" and someone else will make this her "Water-gate."

  Meanwhile, Fox News will reveal that Ronald Reagan was in fact the first politician to wisely proclaim that water is wet and that the Democrats have always been anti-water.

  John McCain's campaign will insist that he's always known that water is wet, especially since  he had to endure the Chinese water torture when he was a POW.

  The Obama campaign, when not floating the idea of a  major speech on wetness, either in front of the Reflecting Pool at the Washington Monument, or at the White Water Amusement Park in Branson, MS, will counter the McCain campaign by insisting that  McCain doesn't know that water is wet because he doesn't know how many pools he has anymore than  he knows how many houses he has. The usual suspects will think this is a brilliant attack on McCain.

I also believe we'll be hearing "Scranton" and "Catholic" quite often, along with "Kansas," "heartland of America," "strong women."

The code words:  "Hope, unity, change" have all been used to death but I'm sure they'll add some new ones.  I think "Trust" might be among them.

Senator Clinton will speak of her causes, and agree with Obama about the importance of the federal government being balanced across the three (not four!) branches of government, and will stake her claim to contribute all she can in the Senate (without outright indicating that she wishes to become Senate leader).  She will say that, despite the difficulties that have existed within the Democratic party this year, and the mistakes that were made in the contest for nomination, she is a Democrat and bears no ill feelings about the highly competitive and sometimes cutthroat game that is politics.  She will reveal that she did not seek the VP position and asked not to be vetted unless the Obama camp felt that it was essential to winning that she be asked to take on that role, a role that provides her less opportunity to contribute than the possible role ahead of her in the Senate.  She will encourage her supporters to make their own decisions of conscience, reminding them of some of the differences between Democrats and Republicans on the crucial issues facing the country.  

Vice-President and Senator Al Gore will speak and say that although he minimized his connection with President Clinton during his own campaign, it was a mistake to have done so, and would have been a mistake to have made any other decisions that did not honor the whole of the Democratic Party.  

President Clinton will identify the great Democratic themes related to foreign policy and defense, tying the issue of making wise decisions in these areas to regaining a strong economy.  Biden will remind us that he wishes to serve in this role, but has no interest or intention in attempting to pursue the Presidency in eight years, and that he hopes that Senator Clinton will be willing to take that role in 2016.  

Obama will eventually name several individuals to the key roles that they will play in the administration - including Clark as Secretary of Defense, etc. etc.