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Wednesday September 5, 2012
8:45
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Welcome to the Yahoo! News conversation about the second night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:45 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:45
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I'm still Chris Suellentrop, the deputy editor of Yahoo! News.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:45 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:46
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I'll be joined by my Yahoo! News colleagues Jeff Greenfield, Walter Shapiro, Virginia Heffernan, and Hilary Frey, along with our reporters in the convention hall: Olivier Knox, Chris Moody, and Liz Goodwin.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:46 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:46
[Comment From RicoRico: ] 
Who is speaking now?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:46 Rico
8:47
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
That's Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of Network, a Roman Catholic social justice organization.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:47 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:47
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
where is barney frank
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:47 Guest
8:47
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
That's Hillary with TWO L's, Chris.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:47 Hillary Frey, Y! News
8:47
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Guest that's a great question. We've asked folks on Twitter that same question with the hashtag #wheresbarney. If we get good suggestions, we'll share them here.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:47 Hillary Frey, Y! News
8:47
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Good question, Guest! We've been asking the same thing -- he missed his spot on the speaking schedule. One theory is just that things were behind schedule, but I have nothing other than speculation for you.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:47 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:48
[Comment From Joseph LeaseJoseph Lease: ] 
When will President Bill Clinton speak?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:48 Joseph Lease
8:48
[Comment From Terence JacksonTerence Jackson: ] 
That's Sister Campbell...Scourge of the Vatican.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:48 Terence Jackson
8:48
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
In the 10 p.m. ET hour, Joseph Lease. After Elizabeth Warren and Antonio Villaraigosa.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:48 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:49
Walter Shapiro: 
This is Walter Shapiro, who writes the "Character Sketch" column for Yahoo News. As we look at the next two hours remember that ratings jump at 10 pm Eastern because that's when the broadcast networks kick in. Also, the big speaker tonight before Bill Clinton is Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, a hero to Democratic liberals. And, I'm told, this is her first Democratic Convention and she will highlight that in the opening of her remarks.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:49 Walter Shapiro
8:50
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Looking forward to Elizabeth Warren's remarks.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:50 john
8:51
Walter Shapiro: 
Also as near as I can recall. Elizabeth Warren is the only 2012 Senate candidate in either party who gets the prime network 10 pm speaking slot. People like Chris Christie, the keynoter for the Republicans, and Marco Rubio who introduced Romney are not on the ballot this year.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:51 Walter Shapiro
8:51
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
John, I can't believe you weren't looking forward to the governor of Delaware, Jack Markell. He's speaking now.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:51 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:51
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Greetings from Yahoo! News columnist and award-dserving author Jeff Greenfield, who can report almost exclusively that tonight's weather is the best it has been; not hot, not too steamy, it no rain. If it is like this tomorrow...and it is supposed to be--look forward to an orgy of second-guessing about the cancellation of the Stadium speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:51 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
8:52
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Yes, Walter. Barack Obama was a state legislator and Senate candidate when he addressed the 2004 convention. That's the best parallel. Though Warren is certainly a bigger celebrity right now than Obama was before his speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:52 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:52
[Comment From MarloMarlo: ] 
What d you Yahoos think of the vote on the platform additions today?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:52 Marlo
8:53
[Comment From Terrance SmithTerrance Smith: ] 
I wonder if President Clinton is good or bad for this convention?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:53 Terrance Smith
8:53
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
I am watching football, will there be a good reason to turn on the convention?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:53 Guest
8:53
[Comment From Terence JacksonTerence Jackson: ] 
Bill Clnton is always good for Bill Clinton.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:53 Terence Jackson
8:53
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
The platform fights will be an embarrassment...I forsee 10,000 sermons this Sunday on the theme: "How Can A Political Party Forget God?"
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:53 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
8:54
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Yes, Jeff. A bigger political wound than "You didn't build that."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:54 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
8:54
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
The future of your country. It's better than football.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:54 Chris
8:55
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
No replacement refs here.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:55 john
8:55
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris -- One difference between Obama (2004 Senate candidate) and Elizabeth Warren tonight is that Obama had only token GOP opposition (see Keyes, Alan) while Warren is trailing in the latest polls against GOP incumbent Scott Brown. So her 10 minutes or so of speaking tonight may be the most important moment in her Senate campaign.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:55 Walter Shapiro
8:56
Sec. Albright mobbed by reporters on the floor.--Liz Goodwin
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:56 
8:56
[Comment From someonefromOhiosomeonefromOhio: ] 
It kills me that people made such a huge deal about omitting the word god from the democratic platform when they mentioned faith numerous time in the context of the platform. Not everyone believes in a christian god in this country and I think that the orginial platorm was more condusive to embracing a wider group of Americans.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:56 someonefromOhio
8:57
[Comment From Terrance SmithTerrance Smith: ] 
@Jeff: It sounded to me like the floor voted to continue the current status but was over ruled.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:57 Terrance Smith
8:58
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
I also think there will be a lot of Republican outreach in the condos of Palm Beach and Miami about Democrats forgetting that Jerusalem, :eternal and undivided" (as the formula has it), is the capital of Israel..
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:58 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
8:58
Walter Shapiro: 
Dear Someone from Ohio -- It is a reality of modern politics that Druids are a more courted religious minority than atheists or agnostics.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:58 Walter Shapiro
8:58
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
They have demonized Warren for mentioning her native american roots. I have had the same experience wthout even running for office. We are still hated for having gotten here first.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:58 john
8:58
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Terrance, when the President's campaign wants a platform change, the chair's hearing adjusts accordingly.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 8:58 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:00
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Terrance Smith: Yes, no one with ears heard 2/3 of the audience approve the change. Though it is impossible to know the basis of the crowd's objections (the status of Jerusalem, the hamfisted effort to force through the change by presidential dictate, the words "God-given").
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:00 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:01
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
So what does it say about Romney that he didn't ask to change the RNC platform to include exceptions for abortion to reflect how he believes. Obama cared enough to change his platform....
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:01 Guest
9:01
[Comment From Terrance SmithTerrance Smith: ] 
He called the vote 3 times. His hearing was impaired.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:01 Terrance Smith
9:03
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
By the way, if you're looking for the raw video feed of the convention stage, here's your link: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/raw-feed-day-2-dnc-204343704--election.html
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:03 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:04
Who was a better first-term president?
Bill Clinton
 ( 73% )
Barack Obama
 ( 27% )

Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:04 
9:04
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Where's Virginia?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:04 john
9:04
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Putting her kids to bed, if you must know, John. She'll be here soon.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:04 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:05
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
I think the boos at the end were telling.......
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:05 Devin
9:05
[Comment From JamesJames: ] 
I really liked Cleaver's speech, but for the most part, he seems to be the only democrat out there that isn't just spouting the same tired rhetoric and then telling us how Mitt Romney is going to kill our Grandmothers.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:05 James
9:05
Virginia Heffernan: 
Hey yall —  RT @GStephanopoulos: President Obama will be in the hall tonight to watch Clinton
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:05 Virginia Heffernan
9:06
Walter Shapiro: 
I should mention that the history of conventions is riddled with heavy-handed rulings from the chair. And that was when important things were at stake like the identity of the nominee.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:06 Walter Shapiro
9:06
[Comment From Robert RamirezRobert Ramirez: ] 
I've tried every day of both conventions to post a comment without success.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:06 Robert Ramirez
9:06
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Apropos of the "God" debate, this quote from Justice William O. Douglas,perhaps the most liberal justice ever and an unwavering "separation of church and state" judge. He once wrote: "Our institutions presuppose a Supreme Being"--one reason why "In God We Trust" is on our money, and why the Court sessions open with "God Save This Honorable Court" (I may not have that exactly right)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:06 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:06
[Comment From mesndbluesmesndblues: ] 
Someone in Ohio,..Well, the demcrat party decided to take God out...Nobody forced you guys to do that...And now that you've made that bed, enjoy lying in it..Americans trust in God...It's on the money for goodness sakes!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:06 mesndblues
9:06
Virginia Heffernan: 
Don't know if that's breaking, but I thought I'd throw it in just in case. Virginia Heffernan here, "Machine Politics" columnist, reporting for duty.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:06 Virginia Heffernan
9:06
[Comment From BobBob: ] 
The Tea Party is radical yet the Occupy Movement is not....Interesting.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:06 Bob
9:07
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Yes Santa, there is a Virginia !!!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:07 john
9:08
[Comment From Robert RamirezRobert Ramirez: ] 
This is an unfair question since Bill Clinton didn't inherit the huge economic mess left by his predecessor as President Obama has.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:08 Robert Ramirez
9:08
Walter Shapiro: 
In the history of this week, these 15 minutes on Wednesday night are not going to be remembered as a high-energy moment for the Democrats.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:08 Walter Shapiro
9:08
Virginia Heffernan: 
I mean not quite for duty because — as a mom-undersecretary (not a mom-in-chief; not even close), as the first lady would have it, or mom secret martyr of the world, as Ann Romney would have it — I have not yet put one of my kids to sleep. Sigh. What heavy virtuous burdens we women bear.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:08 Virginia Heffernan
9:08
Virginia Heffernan: 
john, for real, I never ever get tired of There Is A Santa Claus. So thank you.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:08 Virginia Heffernan
9:10
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
This should be a poll: Who would you trust more to bring people together to fix the economic turmoil we are currently in - Bill Clinton or Barack Obama?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:10 Devin
9:10
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Virginia, hi! Thanks for sharing the tweet. We're hearing that no one else can enter the arena tonight, so this makes sense.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:10 Hillary Frey, Y! News
9:10
Virginia Heffernan: 
Hi Hill! Did that Twitter excerpt make clear to Yahooland that: President Obama is in the crowd tonight, to see Clinton, per George Stephanopoulos.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:10 Virginia Heffernan
9:11
Virginia Heffernan: 
That's NEWS, folks.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:11 Virginia Heffernan
9:11
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Breaking!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:11 Hillary Frey, Y! News
9:12
Virginia Heffernan: 
I'm trying to interest my 7-year-old in it, but he's deep in The Black Island.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:12 Virginia Heffernan
9:12
Virginia Heffernan: 
Do the president's daughters read Tintin? Did Chelsea Clinton?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:12 Virginia Heffernan
9:12
[Comment From charlescharles: ] 
I've watched conventions since I was ten. I'm now 50 and the democratic convention is as awful as I have ever seen. I've seen many and the vote today was a sham and I can"t wait for Biden to serve us
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:12 charles
9:12
[Comment From Don BlackDon Black: ] 
Devin, just replace Clinton with Romney and we'll be conducting that poll Nov. 6.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:12 Don Black
9:12
[Comment From Lakieta2Lakieta2: ] 
Bill Clinton did not have the issues Barack Obama has had to deal. Who was better is an unfair question.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:12 Lakieta2
9:14
[Comment From BobBob: ] 
I can predict Obama's speech now, it will go something like this: It's Bush's fault.....If it wasn't for me we'd be even worse off.....I added 4.5 million jobs(Proven wrong) We are much better off....even if the average income has dropped by 2k....
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:14 Bob
9:14
Walter Shapiro: 
As someone who is trying to watch the speeches from the podium, I have only one thought about this period of drab Democratic rhetoric. I can't bring myself to imagine who was rejected for these speaking slots.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:14 Walter Shapiro
9:16
[Comment From Anthony J PetroffAnthony J Petroff: ] 
.....Bob, Bob, Bob, incomes in the middle have been flat and going backward for twenty years; Obama has to eat that ?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:16 Anthony J Petroff
9:17
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
POTENTIALLY GAME-CHANGER--LITERALLY: It is 9"15 and the Giants-Cowboys game is in the first minute of the second quarter. Almost impossible that this game will end before Clinton is supposed to start speaking.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:17 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:17
Olivier sends in this pic of Albright NOT mobbed on the floor.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:17 
9:18
[Comment From BrandonBrandon: ] 
Walter, I think that shows that even though Republicans have been lackluster with McCain and Romney, they really have the deeper bench going forward. Christie, Rubio, Ayotte, Martinez...all the young names are on the GOP side.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:18 Brandon
9:18
[Comment From TrevorTrevor: ] 
Jeff, does your TV have PIP?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:18 Trevor
9:19
[Comment From Joel SmithJoel Smith: ] 
I think the Yahoo poll should not be, who is the better president between Obama and Clinton, but Obama and Bush.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:19 Joel Smith
9:19
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
We'll ask that question next. Thanks Joel.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:19 Hillary Frey, Y! News
9:19
[Comment From Robert RamirezRobert Ramirez: ] 
Last nights' speakers were all homerun hitters, hopefully today will bring more of the same. Normally I would say that President Obama has a tall order to fill to outshine Michelle, and the rest of yesterdays' field, but Obama is an orator extraordinaire in a league all his own
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:19 Robert Ramirez
9:19
[Comment From ChasCarvilleChasCarville: ] 
The Democrats can put their empty bench next to their empty chair next to their coffee table
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:19 ChasCarville
9:19
[Comment From SteveSteve: ] 
Giants and Cowboys will play again this year. You won't get to see another Clinton DNC speech until Hillary's run 4 years from now.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:19 Steve
9:20
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Walter, I'm curious as to your take on moving tomorrow's event inside and the weather issue vs trouble filling the 74,000 stadium.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:20 Diana
9:21
Walter Shapiro: 
Forgot the competition from the Giants and Cowboys. This portion of the convention wouldn't be able to stand up against the competition from televised snooker from a pub north of London.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:21 Walter Shapiro
9:21
Who was a better first-term president?
George W. Bush
 ( 44% )
Barack Obama
 ( 56% )

Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:21 
9:22
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
The 9 p.m. hour tonight is really dreadful, Walter. I suspect they're not trying very hard to compete with the NFL.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:22 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:22
[Comment From ChasCarvilleChasCarville: ] 
huh? then why not just show the game on the big TVs?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:22 ChasCarville
9:23
[Comment From Anthony J PetroffAnthony J Petroff: ] 
.....probably not many undecided's in Texas, but New York ?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:23 Anthony J Petroff
9:23
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Jeff, you are so right. If his mission is to bring the men into the fold, they may be otherwise occupied.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:23 Diana
9:24
[Comment From someonefromOhiosomeonefromOhio: ] 
Last night was infinitley better in terms of speakers, Dems really need Bill Clinton to knock it out of the park to make up for the lackluster speeches so far.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:24 someonefromOhio
9:25
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Trevor I am watching from the Yahoo! work space in the Convention Center...the tech folks across the hall have switched off the convention in favor of the football game. If the speeches stay this bad, they should, per ChasCarville, switch the Jumbotron inside the hall.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:25 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:25
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
I don't think they want anyone to outshine Clinton.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:25 Devin
9:26
Walter Shapiro: 
Diana -- Ultimately, I don't think where Obama speaks tomorrow night matters that much. That said, there are about 60,000 North Carolina Democrats who will be keenly disappointed. That said, I think it matters an awful lot more to those watching on TV what Obama says rather than where he says it.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:26 Walter Shapiro
9:27
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
If the theme is FORWARD, why is Clinton speaking?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:27 TR
9:27
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Agreed -- DNC cannot compete with this Astros-Pirates game
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:27 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:27
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
That's the game we're talking about, right?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:27 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:28
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
TR, it's because Clinton never stopped thinking about tomorrow...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:28 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:29
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
PS: TR, if anyone thinks that was an endorsement, rather than a reference to his '92 theme song, sorry. I sometimes forget that '92 was a long time ago.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:29 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:30
[Comment From John TentingJohn Tenting: ] 
Obama's speech tomorrow night is the only one that really matters to most Americans.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:30 John Tenting
9:30
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Am I right: They skipped Sandra Fluke?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:30 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:31
Walter Shapiro: 
I suspect the logic for this dreary hour of Democratic prose is micro-targeting at Latino and small-business voters. Personally, I think it would have been more persuasive if the speakers called these swing voters personally.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:31 Walter Shapiro
9:32
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
they sure did good move i think
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:32 Guest
9:32
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Maybe she's in a secure, undisclosed location with Barney Frank.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:32 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:33
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
If Barney Frank gives a boring speech, then there's something in the water...To quote from an old song, "he may have been a headache, but he never was a bore."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:33 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:34
Walter Shapiro: 
If the Democrats allowed commercial sponsors, this hour should have been sponsored by Thorazine.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:34 Walter Shapiro
9:34
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
I get the vague sense, Walter, that you're not finding the speeches enthralling...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:34 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:35
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
taxpayer-subsidized thorazine, to be specific
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:35 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:35
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
Is this Bill Clinton's swan song.? I really think the Clintons are ready for retirement, especially after the 08 campaign.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:35 TR
9:35
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Dal v NYG Dal O NYG 3 game being played in Dullsville.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:35 john
9:35
Here's Barney Frank! At arena with husband Jim Ready. (Photo by Olivier Knox)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:35 
9:35
Walter Shapiro: 
A quote from the current speaker, a UAW worker from Ohio: "President Obama didn't care about the polls and politics, he just wanted to do what was right." This speech gives marzipan a bad name.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:35 Walter Shapiro
9:36
Virginia Heffernan: 
Isn't Thorazine out of patent now? Chlorpromazine jokes not quite so catchy.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:36 Virginia Heffernan
9:36
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
You Googled it too?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:36 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:36
[Comment From TrevorTrevor: ] 
No, she bing'ed it.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:36 Trevor
9:37
[Comment From alanralanr: ] 
Interested to have a "fact check" on the claim that Obama has dinner most nights with family. With the amount of travel and campaigning he's done over the past couple years, how is that possible?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:37 alanr
9:37
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
How about this for a poll - Have the speeches over the last two weeks changed your opinions of the candidates?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:37 Devin
9:38
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
I do not believe I have ever heard a Margaret Chase Smith quote invoked at tre start of a speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:38 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:39
Has any speech at either convention influenced your opinion of one of the two candidates?
Yes
 ( 65% )
No
 ( 33% )
I don't know
 ( 2% )

Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:39 
9:39
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Ask and ye shall receive, Devin.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:39 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:39
Virginia Heffernan: 
Chris Wilson: lol. This isn't quite as fun - though man it's still fun - now that I'm not sitting next to you.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:39 Virginia Heffernan
9:39
[Comment From DavidDavid: ] 
Great question Devin
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:39 David
9:40
[Comment From BobBob: ] 
I honestly don't care if he eats dinner with his family or not. These are non-important issues. I want to hear how he plans to do things differently if he gets another term.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:40 Bob
9:40
[Comment From ChasCarvilleChasCarville: ] 
I am a political junkie and your polls here have me jazzed
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:40 ChasCarville
9:40
[Comment From John TentingJohn Tenting: ] 
The speeches last week actually made me proud to be a Democrat.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:40 John Tenting
9:40
Walter Shapiro: 
The next union leader to speak with invoke the memory of Arthur Vandenburg.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:40 Walter Shapiro
9:40
[Comment From MarloMarlo: ] 
Bill Clinton is a loose cannon. I hope he disses Obama and says "If you want Hilary in 2016 you should vote for Romney in 2012."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:40 Marlo
9:40
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
And if so was it a positive or negative influence?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:40 Devin
9:41
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Suellentrop, look what you did to the nation's spelling of "Hillary"
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:41 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:41
Walter Shapiro: 
Any politician who tried to speak at the Democratic Convention and was rejected should feel outraged around now.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:41 Walter Shapiro
9:43
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
You folks need to know that Walter does not usually find these talks boring. On his I-Pod he has the collected speeches of Vance Hartke.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:43 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:43
Walter Shapiro: 
Actually, I prefer to read the collected addresses of John O. Pastore.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:43 Walter Shapiro
9:43
[Comment From ColoradozColoradoz: ] 
Poll idea.. did the president move his speech due to the weather or lack of supporters?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:43 Coloradoz
9:44
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
Was Charlie Crist supposed to be the DNC answer to Artur Davis?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:44 TR
9:45
Walter Shapiro: 
TR. I too was wondering where Charlie Crist is.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:45 Walter Shapiro
9:45
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Virginia, this will save you some time: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=vance+hartke
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:45 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:47
Walter Shapiro: 
Hartke was one of the two long-term Democratic Senators from Indiana in the 1960s and the 1970s. The other one was Birch Bayh (father of Evan Bayh) who was taken infinitely more seriously around Capitol Hill.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:47 Walter Shapiro
9:49
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Sometimes I feel bad for you media types. The right says you're biased, the left says you're vapid
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:49 Guest
9:51
[Comment From MitchelMitchel: ] 
Is it more subdued than the rnc... Seems kind of quiet
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:51 Mitchel
9:51
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Actually, guest, I am both biased and vapid--I'm a bi-pid.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:51 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:52
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 

I'm vapsed

Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:52 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:52
Walter Shapiro: 
The current speaker, a steelworker who lost his job because of Bain, is doing a more high-energy version of the anti-Bain refrain. The question in my mind is whether swing voters have been inundated with Democratic ads about Bain or whether this is new information to those kind of voters.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:52 Walter Shapiro
9:52
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
Which will affect your decision more (a) The Debates (B) Conventions (C) Party-affiliation
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:52 Devin
9:52
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
Ex-employees look petty and partisan. Romney was a successful businessman to hundreds of thousands.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:52 TR
9:53
[Comment From Rex ChamberlainRex Chamberlain: ] 
DNC slogan is FORWARD 2012, What FORWARD stand for in this case is Failed Obama Record Without Any Direction
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:53 Rex Chamberlain
9:53
[Comment From BobBob: ] 
Walter, those who are really swayed by attack ads shouldn't vote. Bain may have taken away a few hundred jobs but they added 89,000 just by saving Staples.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:53 Bob
9:54
[Comment From Burt LancasterBurt Lancaster: ] 
Mr Greenfield, is there a time limit put on Bill or do you think he will be his usual rambling self?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:54 Burt Lancaster
9:54
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Isn't that FORWAD?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:54 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:54
Walter Shapiro: 
Devin. In most elections, party affiliation is by far the most important trigger for a presidential choice. But most of the swing voters this year have weak party affiliations which is why the debates and the conventions are so important to them.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:54 Walter Shapiro
9:55
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
The debates are much more important.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:55 Guest
9:55
Walter Shapiro: 
At the moment, I am thinking what it must be like backstage for Elizabeth Warren (slated to speak in about 10 minutes) as she gets ready to give the biggest speech of her career and her Senate campaign.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:55 Walter Shapiro
9:55
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I'm pondering our next poll, about whether John Quincy Adams or Barack Obama had the better first term.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:55 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
9:56
[Comment From bob2bob2: ] 
I just don't understand how somebody could be undecided. Either you believe in the Democrat platform, or the Republican platform. Either that, or they just don't understand how D.C. works.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:56 bob2
9:56
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
Watch the Concert for NYC, and you will see Clinton change boos to cheers. It was masterful, however, he is not as sharp now.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:56 TR
9:57
[Comment From guestguest: ] 
The people who are undecided aren't sheep.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:57 guest
9:57
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
J Q Addams was a Kenyan!!!!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:57 Guest
9:57
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Burt--the broadcast networks--still sort of regulated by the government--will never cut a former President off, or any other featured speaker. The political costs would be too high.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:57 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:57
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
NBC's MItc
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:57 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:57
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
NBC's MItchell reporting that Sandra Fluke has been moved into the 10 pm hour..
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:57 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
9:58
[Comment From Burt LancasterBurt Lancaster: ] 
Hey Chris what about Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter in that first term poll question....
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:58 Burt Lancaster
9:58
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
It's quite true that JQAdams was not born in America
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:58 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
9:58
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris -- Why not throw in James Polk in your one-term question.

Listening to Chris Van Hallen talk about Obama's "balanced approach," I started wondering if anyone has ever enthusiastically cheered at a convention for "a balanced approach." You know with big signs that read, "ALL THE WAY WITH A BALANCED APPROACH."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:58 Walter Shapiro
9:58
[Comment From Terrance SmithTerrance Smith: ] 
@Chris: I started to pose the Obama/Reagan question, but I'm with you. How far back do we go?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:58 Terrance Smith
9:58
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
I do not like Elizabeth Warren because of that Sept 2011 video "You Didnt Build It" where she is yelling, with such disdain, to business owners....the main catalyst to our economy (and housing).
Wednesday September 5, 2012 9:58 TR
10:00
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
AND we're in the 10 p.m. hour
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:00 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:01
Walter Shapiro: 
As Sandra Fluke comes on, I find myself wondering where Rush Limbaugh is at this very moment.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:01 Walter Shapiro
10:01
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Walter Shapiro: I am waiting for Mitt Romney to adopt the They Might Be Giants song, "James K. Polk" for his campaign playlist. ("In four short years, he met his every goal/He seized the whole Southwest from Mexico/Made sure the tariffs fell/And made the English sell/The Oregon territory/He built an independent Treasury/Having done all this he sought no second term")
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:01 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:02
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris -- I'm so glad I mentioned James Polk.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:02 Walter Shapiro
10:03
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
Walter, in JQ Adams's day the Whig slogan was "Retrenchment, Economy, and a Judicious Tariff." That's about as close to "All the Way with a Balanced Approach" as you'll get!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:03 Chris
10:04
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I would love access to the Obama polling on birth control and abortion. Because those two issues have been the centerpiece of this convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:04 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:04
Walter Shapiro: 
Thank you Chris the Commenter. That detail about John Quincy Adams has made my hour.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:04 Walter Shapiro
10:05
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
You're looking at a superstar in the making.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:05 john
10:06
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I'm wondering if the analogy here is to a young John Kerry testifying before Congress. Her political future is certainly full of possibilities.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:06
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
I seriously doubt it john. It's not about her.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 TR
10:06
[Comment From rbingvrbingv: ] 
Really John? what has she done? what has she accomplished?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 rbingv
10:06
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
She is lighting up the room.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 john
10:06
Photo by Olivier Knox
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 
10:06
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I'm not comparing the drama of the two moments, by the way. Just the idea that this is someone who will likely have a long career on the public stage.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:06
[Comment From tensai13tensai13: ] 
Rush Limbaugh should be thanked for firing up this sleeping dragon. Sandra Fluke is awesome!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:06 tensai13
10:07
[Comment From JohnJohn: ] 
The more she speaks the more independents are running away. What a joke!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:07 John
10:07
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
nice turn of phrase: choice is "between a pesident who has our back, and one who turn his back."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:07 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:07
[Comment From KevinKevin: ] 
Sandra Fluke is incredible. Never seen her before, but she really has a future.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:07 Kevin
10:07
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris -- I love the Young John Kerry parallel to Sandra Fluke. And Fluke has already been Swift Boated.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:07 Walter Shapiro
10:07
[Comment From Karianne MuckleKarianne Muckle: ] 
I'm so happy that feminism activist leaders are being given a platform to speak upon, but this woman is a terrible speaker and speech writer.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:07 Karianne Muckle
10:08
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Costco CEO a funny transition after Fluke, no? I'm ready for some more consciouness-raising.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:08 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:08
[Comment From phillipphillip: ] 
this looks more like the video music awards than a political convention
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:08 phillip
10:09
[Comment From John EJohn E: ] 
They are really putting Sandra Fluke on during primetime? Are they so caught up in their pro-abortion ideology they think this will work out for them?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:09 John E
10:09
[Comment From BobBob: ] 
They have a CEO speaking? I thought they were against business.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:09 Bob
10:10
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I'm looking forward to the 2016 campaign between Costco and Chik Fil A. Corporations are candidates, my friend.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:10 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:10
Walter Shapiro: 
Problem is that most CEOs, regardless of party, are mediocre speakers.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:10 Walter Shapiro
10:10
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Great speech on Sandra's part...glad she represents modern women!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:10 Guest
10:11
[Comment From DougDoug: ] 
Many politicians are terrible speakers.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:11 Doug
10:11
[Comment From AdamAdam: ] 
Ironic that Sandra Fluke is only on stage because of Rush Limbaugh. Fluke, indeed.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:11 Adam
10:11
[Comment From abbyabby: ] 
I don't believe in the emotional outbursts by the Dems I want to hear how they are planning to fix the economy. So far all they have talked about is contreseptives and women rights. What good will this do us when the economy goes bankrupt? I am concerned about the future of my country.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:11 abby
10:11
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Except Herman Cain from Godfather's Pizza - what a great speaker!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:11 Diana
10:12
[Comment From MarkMark: ] 
It is unfortunate that many feminists (Sandra Fluke among them) seem to choos to alienate people who might otherwise agree with most or all of their major points by being condescending and hostile.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:12 Mark
10:12
[Comment From MarcMarc: ] 
This is a joke. War on women? She is being followed by a serial cheater.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:12 Marc
10:12
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
But Chris! I like both! Do i have to choose?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:12 Devin
10:13
[Comment From BookerBooker: ] 
I have a very educated, successful woman sitting right here beside me, and Ms. Fluke said nothing that she had any empathy for.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:13 Booker
10:13
[Comment From AdamAdam: ] 
Would be interested to have Sandra Fluke speak out on sexual harrassment... before Bill Clinton gets up to speak.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:13 Adam
10:13
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
The convention is doing the broadcast nets a huge favor; a CostCo CEO means they can devote lots of time for analysis, showcasing their stars, etc..
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:13 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:14
Fluke on stage. (Photo by Liz Goodwin)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 
10:14
[Comment From Joel SmithJoel Smith: ] 
I agree @tensai13. I've only heard of Sandra Fluke in passing, and this is the time time I've seen this young woman speak. The substance of her speech -- a choice for woman and all the people who love them -- is wonderful.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 Joel Smith
10:14
[Comment From John EJohn E: ] 
I have a feeling women do care about more things that "free" birth control. Are free birth control pills an answer to unemployment and higher prices at the gas pump and in the supermarket?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 John E
10:14
[Comment From AliceAlice: ] 
Sandra Fluke is hitting all the old, tired talking points. How fresh is that?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 Alice
10:14
[Comment From JenJen: ] 
She doesn't represent the modern woman. The fact that you would want more government intervention into your personal life by demanding federally sponsored birth control is ludicrous.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 Jen
10:14
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 

I sort of feel sorry for CostCo Man

Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
10:14
Walter Shapiro: 
I am counting the number of references to that terrible Obama cliche "an economy built to last." It sounds like a left-over from a 1980s car commercial along with a promise of "rich Corinthian leather."

Every time a speaker talks about a "balanced approach" I am inspired to take a nap.

For a speaker like this, the Obama team should be offering and delivering speech help. How did they permit this prime-time moment to be this boring.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:14 Walter Shapiro
10:15
Walter Shapiro: 
Except for Sandra Fluke, the Democrats are making a hell of a case for a two-day convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:15 Walter Shapiro
10:15
Walter Shapiro: 
This is the speech tonight that I'm most curious about. Remember it's her first democratic covnention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:15 Walter Shapiro
10:16
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Someone clapped in the newsroom. I turned around, aghast, thinking they were applauding a political speaker. It was for the Cowboys.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:16 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:17
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Are those images of Fresh Pond?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:17 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:17
Fluke on stage. (Photo by Liz Goodwin)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:17 
10:17
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Warren strikes me as someone I have met and dealt with before. She is real. The GOP didn't offer much along those lines
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:17 Guest
10:17
Walter Shapiro: 
Elizabeth Warren is channeling Jesse Jackson and his eloquent remarks about the domestic workers "who take the early bus."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:17 Walter Shapiro
10:18
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
This is from Elizabeth Warren's stump speech, by the way.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:18 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:18
Virginia Heffernan: 
Game is rigged. Ragged edges of the middle class.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:18 Virginia Heffernan
10:18
Walter Shapiro: 
My sense is that Warren is taking advantage of her opportunity.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:18 Walter Shapiro
10:19
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
It is almost entirely about her personal story -- her stump speech, that is. Will be interesting to see if this speech sticks to that, or if it spends a little more time on the middle-class issues that made her famous.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:19 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:19
[Comment From CarolonlineCarolonline: ] 
I can see it now "Elizabeth Warren for President"
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:19 Carolonline
10:20
Virginia Heffernan: 
I wish just one of the speakers at these conventions admitted she married a bum, at least the first time. Or one of the men confessed that his first wife was a nutty gold-digger. Isn't that also kinda commonplace in the USA?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:20 Virginia Heffernan
10:20
[Comment From BobbyBobby: ] 
Democrats don't own cause and caring.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:20 Bobby
10:20
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
The stakes for Elizabeth Warren in her senatorial campaign against Scott Brown are enormous. After Election Day, she could be a future presidential candidate, or she could be a Harvard professor.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:20 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:20
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Virginia, it is amazing how in love all politicians seem to be.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:20 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:21
[Comment From RichRich: ] 
Is everyone in the democratic party a victim?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:21 Rich
10:21
Walter Shapiro: 
Here, by the way, is my Yahoo column from earlier today about why the word "fight" is the Democrats' favorite noun and verb:

http://news.yahoo.com/fighting-forward-together--the-clich%C3%A9s-of-the-democratic-convention.html
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:21 Walter Shapiro
10:21
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Warren's on a pure populist message: "they're right? the system IS rigged." Wonder what Obama's Wall Street donors are thinking?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:21 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:21
Virginia Heffernan: 
Yeah. It's a little weird.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:21 Virginia Heffernan
10:22
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
She has a line, Jeff, about how Wall Street broke the economy and has not been held accountable for it. Will be interesting to see if it makes this speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:22 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:22
[Comment From AaronAaron: ] 
Elizabeth Warren 2016
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:22 Aaron
10:22
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
So it's okay for the Kennedy's, John Kerry, etc. to have money, just not Mitt????
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:22 Diana
10:22
[Comment From Marla Harris SimsMarla Harris Sims: ] 
Harvard Professor. Isn't that pretty much the entire Democratic administration?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:22 Marla Harris Sims
10:23
Walter Shapiro: 
The incoherence of tonight is the inherent problem with the Obama campaign. Is it a campaign built around "a balanced approach" (one of tonight's buzz words) or is it a full-throated campaign embodied by Elizabeth Warren and Sandra Fluke?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Walter Shapiro
10:23
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
My column today expands on the theme Warren is hitting tonight--a turn toward populism. http://news.yahoo.com/who-built-it--we-did--the-democrats-rebut-the-gop-convention-20120905.html
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:23
Virginia Heffernan: 
Just rewound to see what bankers did to our economy, in EW's telling. "Raked" it? "Raped" it? "Rigged" it?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Virginia Heffernan
10:23
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
Hey Chris, if she uses that line, wouldn't that be undercutting Obama's success in office who supposedly reformed Wall Street with Dodd-Frank?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Devin
10:23
Virginia Heffernan: 
Did anyone catch that?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Virginia Heffernan
10:23
[Comment From AndreaAndrea: ] 
Warren is the "You didn't build that" lady. I feel like she hates the private sector's and secretly wants the Democrat party to be the new socialist party. She doesn't seem to realize that the federal government is the reason things are getting "rigged"..
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Andrea
10:23
Virginia Heffernan: 
Rape would be an odd choice.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Virginia Heffernan
10:23
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
I keep hearing a lot of 'hammer'
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:23 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:24
Virginia Heffernan: 
It's hammer time.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:24 Virginia Heffernan
10:25
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
"They live, they love, and they die. And that matters." Walter, is this making up for the dreadful previous 90 minutes?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:25 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:25
Virginia Heffernan: 
"Americans" are fighters. Where the riggers are. . .not American. They are something that lives in the Cayman Islands.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:25 Virginia Heffernan
10:26
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
I read both articles. Jeff and Walter are both brilliant. I loved the William Jennings Bryan quote in Jeff's article.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:26 Guest
10:26
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Clearly the Democrats have been waiting for someone to take on the "corporations are people" line Romney used in an exchange with a critic.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:26 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:26
[Comment From GwenGwen: ] 
I think she said "rigged."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:26 Gwen
10:26
[Comment From Alan Beasley-LegacyofSuccessAlan Beasley-LegacyofSuccess: ] 
Will Bill Clinton admit that he left the economy in a mess? Will he admit we lost jobs for 22 of 24 months after Clinton left office. We lost 1 million jobs before 9/11.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:26 Alan Beasley-LegacyofSuccess
10:26
Virginia Heffernan: 
Thanks, Gwen.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:26 Virginia Heffernan
10:27
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Chris, that line about people vs. corporations was the first really good line of the night.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:27 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:27
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Another question: Will she talk about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she basically created and cares very deeply about?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:27 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:27
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris -- A waste of time during a national convention is like a plane that takes off with empty seats. You can't get back the 9:00-10:00 hour back. I like this speech a lot. But I know that her words and her delivery are also enraging some commenters and political insiders. Elizabeth Warren may be one of the most polarizing figures in politics -- love her or loathe her, there is no middle ground.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:27 Walter Shapiro
10:27
Virginia Heffernan: 
"Corporations" also don't vote.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:27 Virginia Heffernan
10:28
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Embrace of 'secretary' is funny. Isn't the preferred term executive assistant?

Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:28 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:28
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Elizabeth Warren supports Socialism.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:28 Guest
10:28
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
If corporations are so bad, why do Democrats take donations from them?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:28 Devin
10:28
[Comment From BethBeth: ] 
I have been watching this DNC tonight. I love how Elizabeth Warren is so excited about introducing a president who, destroyed a whole wool industry here in the NW. By taking away the "level playing field", he destroyed fiber mills, sheep ranchers and more. Yeh, sure about the so-called little people.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:28 Beth
10:29
[Comment From MarloMarlo: ] 
The owners of corporations vote.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:29 Marlo
10:29
Virginia Heffernan: 
I think "executive assistants" might be happy at their companies, where "secretaries" might feel oppressed, and more responsive to the idea that they live on "the ragged edges of the middle class."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:29 Virginia Heffernan
10:29
Walter Shapiro: 
It says something about the current state of the Democratic Party that their leading populist voice is a Harvard professor.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:29 Walter Shapiro
10:29
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Good call, V.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:29 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:29
Dylan Stableford, Y! News: 
For what it's worth, here's what Al Gore said tonight on the prospects of a Hillary Clinton run in 2016: "I don't know if she is going to run or not. She has told close friends that she is tired of public service but my guess is that after a little time off she would find that she is rejuvenated."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:29 Dylan Stableford, Y! News
10:30
Virginia Heffernan: 
Gore can be such an underminer. Tired of public service!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:30 Virginia Heffernan
10:31
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
what a great speech
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:31 Guest
10:32
[Comment From williewillie: ] 
She will lose her election
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:32 willie
10:32
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Oh, boy, the pro-Clinton video. This is becoming a convention staple.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:32 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:33
Walter Shapiro: 
I find Elizabeth Warren to be a fascinating political figure -- and her status in the Democratic Party in 2016 will say a lot about the direction of the party. Since the range of possibilities range from a Harvard professor who had her moment in the sun to a sitting Senator with national ambitions.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:33 Walter Shapiro
10:33
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
When Clinton comes out, the cheers may take him close to 11 pm...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:33 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:33
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
In 2000, he got an 8 1/2-minute long video adulation, followed by a "Spinal Tap"-style walk through hallways on the way to the podium, as economic statistics flashed on the screen.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:33 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:33
Virginia Heffernan: 
Academic types from diverse backgrounds - Warren, the Obamas, Bill Clinton - might actually make sense as populists. Growing up with a gambling mom in Arkansas, you might actually become Bill Clinton. You can't become Mitt Romney.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:33 Virginia Heffernan
10:34
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Chris, that entrance was sooo cool.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:34 Diana
10:34
Walter Shapiro: 
The original Clinton walk was through the corridors under Macy into Madison square Garden at the 1992 Convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:34 Walter Shapiro
10:34
[Comment From TrevorTrevor: ] 
He really can't stop thinking about tomorrow.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:34 Trevor
10:35
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Virgina, what does that mean? Sam Walton was from the sticks and he created an empire.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:35 Diana
10:35
Walter Shapiro: 
A few thoughts about Bill Clinton, the orator. He probably was rewriting the speech in the limo on the way to the Convention Center. And he is one politician who is not constrained by a TelePrompTer. When the wrong speech was in the TelePrompTer for his 1993 health-care speech to Congress, he ad libbed seven minutes until they got the right speech in the machine.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:35 Walter Shapiro
10:35
Virginia Heffernan: 
Good point. I'm just talking about the impression made by the conventions, Diana.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:35 Virginia Heffernan
10:36
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
People may forget Bill Clinton's 2004 convention speech on behalf of John Kerry, but it was very effective, with an almost religious refrain (spoken as if from the mouth of Kerry): "Send me."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:36 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:36
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
This nominating speech is going to be a LOT better received than the speech he gave nominating Dukakis in '88. Biggest cheer was when he said: "in conclusion"
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:36 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:36
Walter Shapiro: 
The last presidential candidate, whom Clinton nominated, was Michael Dukakis in 1988. That was the speech that went on so long that Clinton was wildly cheered when he said, "In conclusion...."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:36 Walter Shapiro
10:36
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Great minds think alike, Walter
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:36 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:36
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
love him past the moon
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:36 Guest
10:37
[Comment From ToomerToomer: ] 
I feel a tingling!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:37 Toomer
10:37
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 

Bill Clinton is a great speaker, but at this point he can do whatever he wants and people will go crazy for him

Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:37 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
10:37
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
The success or failure of speakers these past two weeks seems to be entirely about expectations
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:37 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
10:37
Walter Shapiro: 
"Standardbearer" is a great political word that you don't hear much these days.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:37 Walter Shapiro
10:38
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Interesting that Clinton decided to praise Obama's love of country first and foremost.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:38 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:38
Virginia Heffernan: 
Guest and Toomer: By "past the moon" and "tingling" do you mean you're crushed out on Clinton? It's OK. You can tell us.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:38 Virginia Heffernan
10:38
Walter Shapiro: 
That log cabin joke predated Bob Strauss.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:38 Walter Shapiro
10:39
[Comment From Ben WrabbleBen Wrabble: ] 
Bill Clinton speaks. Chat room is dead silent.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:39 Ben Wrabble
10:40
[Comment From Jon BoaJon Boa: ] 
Again, I like clinton...but he didn't do it all himself...there was a Newt factor...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:40 Jon Boa
10:40
[Comment From JustDaFactsJustDaFacts: ] 
Bill Clinton speaks, the assembled Yahoo journalists are silent with rapture.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:40 JustDaFacts
10:40
Virginia Heffernan: 
Speaking of rags to riches stories, Sam Walton WAS from Oklahoma, but his dad was plenty successful selling mortgages, it looks like (!), and his family was comfortable.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:40 Virginia Heffernan
10:41
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Yes there was a Newt factor, thats what happens when gov works togather and not against each other
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:41 Guest
10:41
Walter Shapiro: 
JustDaFacts -- It's a lot easier to comment when you're not listening. Clinton is one of those speakers you listen to. And there is no partisan reason for my failure to completely multi-task. I also stopped tying in the midst of many of the major speeches in Tampa.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:41 Walter Shapiro
10:42
Photo by Olivier Knox.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:42 
10:42
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
JustDaFacts: most journos admire a good speaker--if you can find my long out of print book "The Real Campaign", you can see what I said about Reagan. Really good speech-making is a rare gift and Clinton has it.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:42 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:43
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I believe this is called triangulation.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:43 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:44
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
No Chris. It's called common sense
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:44 Guest
10:44
Virginia Heffernan: 
Is this his Chappaqua accent?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:44 Virginia Heffernan
10:45
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Just because a charismatic ex president can make a great speach, it doesn't repair 3.5 years of inability to create any 'change'.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:45 Guest
10:46
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
I'm pretty sure there's been some ad libbing going on here.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:46 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:46
Walter Shapiro: 
This is a very clever argument from Clinton. The idea that Obama is still out there fighting to cooperate with the Republicans.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:46 Walter Shapiro
10:47
Walter Shapiro: 
"Heck, he even appointed Hillary" was a great line delivered with pitch-perfect style.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:47 Walter Shapiro
10:47
Virginia Heffernan: 
"Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport." My favorite line so far.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:47 Virginia Heffernan
10:47
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
This is the most persuasive way, Walter, that you can pitch the Obama campaign argument that Obama inherited a big mess and that the Republicans have tried to prevent him from cleaning it up.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:47 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:48
[Comment From LeoSLeoS: ] 
You may not like him mister but you can't deny, Clinton's got STYLE'
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:48 LeoS
10:49
[Comment From Anne CurreyAnne Currey: ] 
Chris, It's called "but but Bush".
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:49 Anne Currey
10:49
Walter Shapiro: 
It helps that Clinton has always been an orator who gets better the later it is at night.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:49 Walter Shapiro
10:49
Virginia Heffernan: 
Glad to see Clinton actually pointing now—not the soft-point he patented. But man his finger is crooked and crazy long.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:49 Virginia Heffernan
10:49
Virginia Heffernan: 
Ooh he's turning into a really good graybeard. Some fire and brimstone here.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:49 Virginia Heffernan
10:50
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Clinton deregulated wall street, signed nafta, the telecommunications act of 1996, and the defense of marriage act. This guy was a HORRIBLE president. This critique is coming from a liberal.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:50 Guest
10:50
Virginia Heffernan: 
"Djall watch yer convention? Ah did."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:50 Virginia Heffernan
10:50
Walter Shapiro: 
Bill Clinton, who ran Texas for George McGovern in 1972, knows the real Nixonian heritage of "Four More Years." I will bet that he never says that phrase.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:50 Walter Shapiro
10:50
[Comment From MattMatt: ] 
Forget 4 more years of Obama, I want 4 more years of Clinton
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:50 Matt
10:51
Virginia Heffernan: 
Freestyling and having a good time.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:51 Virginia Heffernan
10:51
[Comment From Terrance SmithTerrance Smith: ] 
I expect he isn't going to talk about contraceptives.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:51 Terrance Smith
10:51
Walter Shapiro: 
Another politically effective line: "They're honorable people who intend to fulfill every commitment they've made." Cuts into the argument that Romney is still a closet moderate.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:51 Walter Shapiro
10:51
[Comment From RyanRyan: ] 
Obama should repeal the 2 term presidential limit. Bring back Clinton!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:51 Ryan
10:51
Virginia Heffernan: 
Yep, Walter. Smart.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:51 Virginia Heffernan
10:52
Virginia Heffernan: 
LOL Reagan!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:52 Virginia Heffernan
10:52
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
CLinton quotes Reagan??--c;mon this guy is just too much fun.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:52 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:52
Walter Shapiro: 
"There you go again" was a great Ronald Reagan line from his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:52 Walter Shapiro
10:52
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Democrats co-opting the lines of Reagan is the new Republicans co-opting the lines of FDR.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:52 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:52
Virginia Heffernan: 
He even did the impression a little!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:52 Virginia Heffernan
10:53
Walter Shapiro: 
What next -- "Tear down that Wall, Mr. Romney"?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:53 Walter Shapiro
10:53
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Seriously--does any political figure enjoy himself more giving a speech? Not close.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:53 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:53
Virginia Heffernan: 
(Btw *I* can do Reagan, guys; happy to oblige you with "there you go again" next time we have some down time.)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:53 Virginia Heffernan
10:53
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Clinton moderated in order to cooperate with the GOP during his tenture in office. Obama has not and will not.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:53 Diana
10:54
Walter Shapiro: 
This is the moment when I realize -- except for the two-term limit in the 22nd Amendment -- Bill Clinton would right now be running for his sixth term.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:54 Walter Shapiro
10:55
Virginia Heffernan: 
Tina Fey on Clinton: “The Clinton years were the best of times. Because there was a nonviolent, giant, sexy scandal. And I long for a return to those times every day.”

Read more (in my profile of Fey from 2003) http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/11/03/031103fa_fact#ixzz25edlEKp3
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:55 Virginia Heffernan
10:55
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I love the narcissism: "No one--not [even] me."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:55 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:55
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
Can we please repeal the 22nd amendment and give Clinton a third term????
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:55 Devin
10:56
Virginia Heffernan: 
Fixing to tell you why. He has gotten WAY more Arkansan...at Davos, evidently.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:56 Virginia Heffernan
10:57
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
This is the best speech of either convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:57 Devin
10:57
Virginia Heffernan: 
He has a way with numbers. The irrepressible wonk in him. That may be what I miss most.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:57 Virginia Heffernan
10:57
Virginia Heffernan: 
He has GOT to be going over time.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:57 Virginia Heffernan
10:57
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
Clinton just created about a dozen commercials for the RNC.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:57 TR
10:57
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Virginia: Clinton is south of the Mason-Dixon line. He always gets a little more Southern down here.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:57 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:58
Virginia Heffernan: 
Interesting, TR. You think there are excerpts from this speech that the GOP might use?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:58 Virginia Heffernan
10:58
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Virginia, someone Tweeted that he's only halfway through page 2 of a 4 page speech. He's ad-libbing like crazy...no telling when this will end...but the crowd won't want it to.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:58 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
10:58
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Chris, I think the extra southern accent has something to do with Bojangles fried chicken.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:58 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:58
Virginia Heffernan: 
Charlotte. Right. How does Clinton fly around these days, I wonder...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:58 Virginia Heffernan
10:58
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Not on his new vegan diet.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:58 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
10:59
Virginia Heffernan: 
ZOMG Jeff. 2 of 4! Hooray!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:59 Virginia Heffernan
10:59
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
That zeee-row is amazing.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:59 Hillary Frey, Y! News
10:59
[Comment From LeoSLeoS: ] 
You almost never see a Masters Craftsman at work, this man is the da Vinci of speeches.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:59 LeoS
10:59
Virginia Heffernan: 
What happens if he goes past 11, again?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 10:59 Virginia Heffernan
11:00
Virginia Heffernan: 
Chelsea (in cutaways on CNN) looks furrowed.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 Virginia Heffernan
11:00
[Comment From greggreg: ] 
The football game just started the 4th quarter. He may be stretching the speech to pick up that audience.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 greg
11:00
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
This is the laundry list section of a Clinton speech that journalists--especially former speechwriters like Jeff--always hated. But voters loved it.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:00
Virginia Heffernan: 
Jeff: you hate?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 Virginia Heffernan
11:00
Walter Shapiro: 
I am now fascinated to know what the polls will show early next week. When this convention is over and pollsters can go into the field with something other than quickie overnight polls.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 Walter Shapiro
11:00
[Comment From DCDC: ] 
I don't trust Clinton, but he sure can talk a blue streak.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 DC
11:00
[Comment From CCCC: ] 
Clinton > Football
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:00 CC
11:01
[Comment From MattMatt: ] 
Clinton could convince people that the sky is pink.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:01 Matt
11:01
Virginia Heffernan: 
Is he fully vegan now, Chris?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:01 Virginia Heffernan
11:01
[Comment From RyanRyan: ] 
Can Clinton go past midnight? Please.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:01 Ryan
11:01
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris -- You're totally right. As a veteran of more Clinton speeches than I can count (I covered his 1992 campaign for Time), I started to fade out at the laundry list portion of the speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:01 Walter Shapiro
11:01
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
I love the fact that Clinton and President Obama never forgot their humble roots. In order to lead a nation you must undersand the nation's struggle.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:01 Guest
11:01
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Darn you Clinton. I have things to do. Why are you so interesting?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:01 Guest
11:02
[Comment From SPLHCBSPLHCB: ] 
Can he just be president? Obama can be his running mate, how bout that instead?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 SPLHCB
11:02
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Sometimes the sky is pink
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Guest
11:02
Virginia Heffernan: 
Spittle in side of mouth!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Virginia Heffernan
11:02
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
Clinton > Obama
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Devin
11:02
Virginia Heffernan: 
He's fully spluttering. . .
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Virginia Heffernan
11:02
Walter Shapiro: 
I am curious what is going on in the control rooms of the broadcast networks as Clinton drifts into the 11:00 news. No, you can't pull the plug on a sitting president or a presidential nominee. But does a former president have the right to not stop speaking until tomorrow. I suspect the answer is "yes," but I'm not sure.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Walter Shapiro
11:02
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
CNN found that there has been a net increase of just 300,000 nonfarm payroll jobs since Obama took office. And if you count government jobs, there are actually 400,000 fewer people working today than in January 2009.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Guest
11:02
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
You think anyone has ever gone into this much policy detail in a nominating speech? At least, since the late 19th century?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:02 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:03
Virginia Heffernan: 
"That brings me to health care."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:03 Virginia Heffernan
11:03
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
The president will undoubtedly receive a boost from this speech. But he will have to make Clinton's rhetoric his own tomorrow night in order for it to stick.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:03 Chris
11:03
Walter Shapiro: 
When Clinton said, "That brings me to health care..." I realized that Clinton will cut into the "Tonight Show" and Letterman at 11:30.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:03 Walter Shapiro
11:04
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
""That brings me to health care.." Figure, 30-40 minutes
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:04 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:04
[Comment From RyanRyan: ] 
Dude's on fire.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:04 Ryan
11:04
Virginia Heffernan: 
That spit is really crazy. He's sort of an ancient mariner figure now. "That brings me to healthcare." He'll be saying that to anyone who'll listen till he's 98.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:04 Virginia Heffernan
11:04
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Bill Clinton getting booed in 1988 is the "Einstein didn't do that well in school" anecdote for struggling orators.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:04 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:05
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
This speech was made for independents. I expect Romney is sweating right now.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:05 Devin
11:05
Virginia Heffernan: 
Nice, Chris. Exactly. The "This Olivier kid can't act" moment.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:05 Virginia Heffernan
11:05
Virginia Heffernan: 
Clinton really brings the CONTENT.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:05 Virginia Heffernan
11:05
Virginia Heffernan: 
He's sarcastic and he really does like numbers.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:05 Virginia Heffernan
11:05
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Clinton is talking himself hoarse!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:05 Guest
11:06
[Comment From JMMJMM: ] 
Dallas 17, NYG 10, 6:26 left in 4th quarter.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:06 JMM
11:06
Virginia Heffernan: 
Thanks, JMM.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:06 Virginia Heffernan
11:06
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
"Now--if you look at Subsection C-134 of the Part D deductibles..."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:06 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:06
Walter Shapiro: 
This may be the greatest speech by an ex-president at any political convention. Even going back to the 19th century.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:06 Walter Shapiro
11:06
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Donut hole!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:06 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:07
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Who needs loopholes when you can have donut holes?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:07
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
When Clinton would give long, policy laden State of the Union speeches, the commentariat mocked him--the public liked them.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:07
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
"Now, on the subject of Afghanistan..."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:07
Dylan Stableford, Y! News: 
I fact-checked JMM's comment and it's 100% true.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 Dylan Stableford, Y! News
11:07
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Virginia, you are so right about the numbers. He loves making them dance.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:07
[Comment From NicPoetNicPoet: ] 
He has hit a home run and now he is pointing to the stands with the bases loaded.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 NicPoet
11:07
Virginia Heffernan: 
Thanks, Dylan. It takes a village.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 Virginia Heffernan
11:07
[Comment From jennybhattjennybhatt: ] 
My God. How does he keep all this straight in his head?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:07 jennybhatt
11:08
Walter Shapiro: 
There is nothing more effective in politics than perfectly delivered mockery.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:08 Walter Shapiro
11:08
Virginia Heffernan: 
Right? He's supposed to be such a people person/hugger, but he's a freaking computer.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:08 Virginia Heffernan
11:08
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Bill Clinton called Rick Perry a "rascal." I think he might have been describing himself.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:08 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:08
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
What could Obama do to top this speech?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:08 Devin
11:09
Virginia Heffernan: 
Skinny Clinton sublimates his famous libido into sarcasm and number-crunching. Reopen the donut hole!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:09 Virginia Heffernan
11:09
[Comment From TRTR: ] 
I can't believe people actually take his word as gospel.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:09 TR
11:09
[Comment From TT: ] 
Just remember, when you vote in November, Clinton is not on the ballot.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:09 T
11:09
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
This might be the best political speech I have ever seen. Wow!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:09 Guest
11:09
Virginia Heffernan: 
There is so much to fact-check here. Is the GOP at it on Twitter?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:09 Virginia Heffernan
11:09
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
We are watching the greatest orator of our time. Not even close.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:09 Guest
11:10
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
gotta have some brass is the best line ever from a president
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:10 Guest
11:10
[Comment From BurtBurt: ] 
I guess some people would like the speech more if he was stuttering incoherently to furniture.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:10 Burt
11:10
[Comment From JustinJustin: ] 
I love how during the Republican convention everyone was crying because none of the speeches provided a "plan" for getting us out of our current rut.... Yet I have heard no plan from any Democrats thus far and no one's complaining. Hypocrisy?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:10 Justin
11:11
Virginia Heffernan: 
Holy hot springs: tears.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 Virginia Heffernan
11:11
Virginia Heffernan: 
Man from Hope. Eight more years.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 Virginia Heffernan
11:11
[Comment From Karianne MuckleKarianne Muckle: ] 
I want to hear Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Clinton lay down a track about science and community.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 Karianne Muckle
11:11
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
I think the crowd is chanting: "Repeal the 22nd Amendment!!!"
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:11
[Comment From George PattonGeorge Patton: ] 
Obama can't touch this speech
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 George Patton
11:11
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Justin, you want this speeh to get MORE specific???
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 Guest
11:11
Walter Shapiro: 
Welfare reform was the issue that Clinton was supposed to de-fang around 10:45, about 25 minutes ago.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:11 Walter Shapiro
11:12
[Comment From MattMatt: ] 
I would have like to have seen a Clinton / Reagan debate -- it would have been amazing!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:12 Matt
11:12
[Comment From RobertRobert: ] 
Edith Byrd just flashed her SSN to the world on her Medicare card
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:12 Robert
11:12
Walter Shapiro: 
Matt -- The two terms of Clinton was, in effect, his answer to Ronald Reagan.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:12 Walter Shapiro
11:13
Virginia Heffernan: 
I am deeply concerned about this white fleck at the corner of Clinton's mouth. On YouTube forever and ever.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:13 Virginia Heffernan
11:13
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I can't believe Clinton left out that Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said that fact-checkers thing at a Yahoo! News forum.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:13 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:14
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Let's talk about the debt!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:14 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:14
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
"Now, on to high-speed rail."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:14 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:14
Virginia Heffernan: 
Let's say it here, Chris.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:14 Virginia Heffernan
11:14
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Chris: what are the other 'let's talk about...." topics we'll get?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:14 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:15
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
I'm hoping he gets to fishery replenishment
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:15 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:15
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
"Let's talk about fracking."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:15 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:15
Virginia Heffernan: 
A buddy of mine on Twitter:

James Poniewozik ‏@poniewozik
we have not even gotten to the drum solo yet
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:15 Virginia Heffernan
11:15
Walter Shapiro: 
Remember that the only thing that can hold a Convention speaker to a time limit is the amount of words that go into the TelePrlompTer. But Clinton, of course, is the one convention who doesn't need no stinking TelePrompTers.

"A balanced approach" is a boring line even when uttered by Clinton.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:15 Walter Shapiro
11:15
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
"We've had a lot of fun here tonight, but now I'd like to talk about something serious."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:15 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:15
Virginia Heffernan: 
I'm looking for Kurdish self-determination.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:15 Virginia Heffernan
11:16
[Comment From Elaine MElaine M: ] 
I know he's running long but these issues are very complex. It truly does take more than a sound bite.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Elaine M
11:16
[Comment From MerrimanMerriman: ] 
Bill Clinton is the voice of reason.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Merriman
11:16
Walter Shapiro: 
This is a speech that going to keep going until the last dawg dies,.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Walter Shapiro
11:16
[Comment From guestguest: ] 
"Let's talk about incredibly long speeches"
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 guest
11:16
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
There is no way that Obama can top this. Clinton strikes again by upstaging the party's nominee.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Chris
11:16
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Virginia, did your head just explode?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:16
Virginia Heffernan: 
YES!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Virginia Heffernan
11:16
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
"Now, just a couple more things about Monica Lewinsky that I always met to go over with you."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:16
[Comment From JamesJames: ] 
Clinton: "Four score and seven years ago..."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:16 James
11:17
[Comment From SeanSean: ] 
"Let's talk about the 22nd Amendment ... "
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:17 Sean
11:17
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Let's talk about ALL the amendments
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:17 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:17
[Comment From DavidDavid: ] 
Wait till he breaks out his sax.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:17 David
11:17
[Comment From guestguest: ] 
Let's just talk
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:17 guest
11:18
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
Is Clinton filibustering the convention?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Chris
11:18
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
I think he is approaching the law of diminishing returns here--but I thought that during those State of the Union speeches
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:18
Walter Shapiro: 
Bill Clinton never followed the old show-biz adage: "Leave them wanting more."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Walter Shapiro
11:18
[Comment From DevinDevin: ] 
Okay Clinton, it's time to wrap the speech up. You've been great, but let's wrap it up.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Devin
11:18
[Comment From MattMatt: ] 
He's gonna need Clint's empty seat to finish this speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Matt
11:18
[Comment From BrandonBrandon: ] 
Suellentrop is in full troll mode!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Brandon
11:18
Virginia Heffernan: 
I hope he hams up "in conclusion". . .
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:18 Virginia Heffernan
11:19
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
I agree Jeff He hit a home run....but he's now starting to run the bases backward.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:19 Guest
11:19
[Comment From Jeff TokarskyJeff Tokarsky: ] 
Amazing. This from a man that dislikes Obama as much as I. He is Crash Davis to Obams's Nuke La Louche in Bull Durham. A guy that worked at it vs one who had it dropped in his lap.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:19 Jeff Tokarsky
11:20
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
One of the most amazing things about this speech is how the crowd has listened to it -- no canned applause lines, trumped-up call-and-response.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:20 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:20
Walter Shapiro: 
"Double down on trickle down" is another great line. But it is time for Clinton say, "In conclusion."
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:20 Walter Shapiro
11:20
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Think he's rounding third and heading for home now...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:20 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:20
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Absolutely LOVE the Bull Durham analogy, Jeff Tokarsky
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:20 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:21
[Comment From guestguest: ] 
Here comes the Big Finish!!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:21 guest
11:21
Virginia Heffernan: 
Omar L. Gallaga ‏@omarg
"Double down on trickle down" - my next Starbuck's order.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:21 Virginia Heffernan
11:21
[Comment From DianaDiana: ] 
Jeff - do you promise????
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:21 Diana
11:21
[Comment From MattMatt: ] 
Kind of like the preacher that says Finally, then we know there is another 20 min left
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:21 Matt
11:21
Walter Shapiro: 
Voting rights is a topic on which Bill Clinton could talk for another 10 minutes.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:21 Walter Shapiro
11:21
[Comment From VictorVictor: ] 
How come Clinton credits "arithmetic" to his "balanced budgets" and not the real reasons... "The advent of the internet, and insane levels of economic activity", and "Suing Tobacco Manufacturers"?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:21 Victor
11:22
[Comment From Mandy ClementsMandy Clements: ] 
He hasn't gotten to abortion and same sex marriage. I predict 45 more minutes
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:22 Mandy Clements
11:23
[Comment From LeoSLeoS: ] 
So, did he break Twitter?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:23 LeoS
11:23
[Comment From Daniel RDaniel R: ] 
i smell a re-election thanks to clinton
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:23 Daniel R
11:24
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I like the Clinton-Obama handshake, but would have preferred a dap.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:24 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:24
Walter Shapiro: 
There is a poignant element to "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow." And it is the line, "Yesterday's gone." Well, yesterday's president just had one hell of a night.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:24 Walter Shapiro
11:24
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 

Isn't it supposed to be a bigger deal when the nominee first appears? I thought this last week too

Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:24 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:25
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
He wants to shake every hand in the arena.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:25 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:25
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
Yesterday is gone. And Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:25 Chris
11:25
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
Love him, hate him--you just saw Koufax pitch, DiMaggio play centerfield, Rubenstein tickle the ivories
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:25 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:26
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Will there be an encore?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:26 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:26
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Hillary, now *that* would be something else.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:26 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:26
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
What did Updike say?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:26 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:26
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Tomorrow night we'll see Greg Maddux pitch and Vladimir Horwitz tickle the ivories
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:26 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:27
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
(about Ted Williams)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:27 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:27
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
That is a great picture. Best 2 Presidents since Kennedy.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:27 Guest
11:27
[Comment From RobertRobert: ] 
Jeff - give it a break - it was a good speech but nothing short of a hail mary for a failing president
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:27 Robert
11:28
[Comment From JohnJohn: ] 
Bill stole the show. no one want to hear from Obama now...it will be a disappointment.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:28 John
11:28
[Comment From DavidDavid: ] 
Obama is no Kennedy or Clinton.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:28 David
11:28
Walter Shapiro: 
I say that the first state will ask that the vote become unanimous.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:28 Walter Shapiro
11:28
[Comment From ChrisChris: ] 
After seeing that, I'd rather elect Bill Clinton. But I'll settle for Obama vesus Mitt Romney.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:28 Chris
11:28
[Comment From TimTim: ] 
Well Bill won't be at the debates.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:28 Tim
11:29
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Wow I'd forgotten how good a speaker he is.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:29 Guest
11:30
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Why didn't Bush do that for Romney?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:30 Guest
11:30
Jeff Greenfield, Y! News: 
As the suspense mounts, I will be signing off...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:30 Jeff Greenfield, Y! News
11:30
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Jeff! You'll miss the seventh ballot!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:30 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:33
Hillary Frey, Y! News: 
Virginia, what did you think of the playlist tonight?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:33 Hillary Frey, Y! News
11:36
Dylan Stableford, Y! News: 
According to CNN, the official length of Clinton's speech: 48 minutes, 30 seconds.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:36 Dylan Stableford, Y! News
11:36
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Virginia is at the CNN grille, getting a burrito, with no guacomole., and a full flavored Pepsi.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:36 john
11:37
Walter Shapiro: 
I love Live Blogging and once I loved the hokum of roll call votes at a convention. But this is like a Colonial Williamsburg replica of the real thing. I too will be voting with my feet. My state of exhaustion casts all its votes for a martini and a good night.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:37 Walter Shapiro
11:37
[Comment From MarloMarlo: ] 
A full favored Pepsi is a Coke.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:37 Marlo
11:38
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I do love the 50-state arcana of the roll call.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:38 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:38
Walter Shapiro: 
My last thought about the roll call. We have reached a time in American politics when they're not copying the original meaningful roll calls. They're copying their memories of the copies.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:38 Walter Shapiro
11:38
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
Walter, who will cast the deciding vote?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:38 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:38
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Walter, would your imaginary one-night convention have a roll call?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:38 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:39
Chris Wilson, Yahoo News: 
They manipulated it in Denver so that New York pushed it over, with Hillary making the statement, if I recall
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:39 Chris Wilson, Yahoo News
11:39
Virginia Heffernan: 
Ack playlist! -- All I can think of is "Don't Stop (Thinking About) (Tomorrow)" — oops parens elude me — because it's Clinton's song.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:39 Virginia Heffernan
11:39
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
(I'm going to keep asking Walter questions so he can't leave.)
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:39 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:39
Virginia Heffernan: 
john, I love guacamole!
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:39 Virginia Heffernan
11:40
Walter Shapiro: 
Chris Wilson -- If they did this the old-fashioned way whatever state that was poised to put Obama over the top would yield to Illinois so they can do it. Tonight, I don't know. But I do remember that Wyoming put John F. Kennedy over the top in 1960.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:40 Walter Shapiro
11:41
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Delware! The Cayman Islands of the United States, casts its votes...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:41 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:41
Walter Shapiro: 
I would almost stick around for Cayman Island jokes. But that martini beckons. Good night all.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:41 Walter Shapiro
11:42
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
Walter is going to be so disappointed when he isn't here to liveblog the nomination of Bill Clinton by this convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:42 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:44
[Comment From Sharon SiderchukSharon Siderchuk: ] 
Awesome night cant wait for tomm night
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:44 Sharon Siderchuk
11:48
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
You guys missed a good football game.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:48 Guest
11:49
Dylan Stableford, Y! News: 
According to Twitter, the end of Clinton's convention speech drove a higher tweets-per-minute peak (22,087) than Mitt Romney's (14,289) at the Republican convention.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:49 Dylan Stableford, Y! News
11:51
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
I think this roll call is designed to sap the enthusiasm out of the convention hall so that people forget how great Clinton's speech was and begin to anticipate Obama's speech.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:51 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:52
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Chris you are such a party pooper.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:52 john
11:52
[Comment From Independent VoterIndependent Voter: ] 
Chris - It's like a nice sorbet. Cleans the pallet...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:52 Independent Voter
11:52
Dylan Stableford, Y! News: 
Which, I'm told, is way more tweets than Kennedy got in 1960.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:52 Dylan Stableford, Y! News
11:55
[Comment From Independent VoterIndependent Voter: ] 
So, let's talk about all of those things that were talked about for a second Obama term...
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:55 Independent Voter
11:55
[Comment From karen youngkaren young: ] 
Bill Clinton still has it & he did what he needed to do to help Obama. However, Clinton can't tell voters what Obama will do for voters for the next 4 years. Obama has to do that himself.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:55 karen young
11:58
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
We're just sticking around for the Kansas delegation -- did you expect praise for Bob Dole at this convention?
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:58 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
11:59
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
No applause from the hall.
Wednesday September 5, 2012 11:59 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
Thursday September 6, 2012
12:02
[Comment From MadyMady: ] 
No I didn't expect praise for Bob Dole!
Thursday September 6, 2012 12:02 Mady
12:02
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
would love to stay and chat, but that manhattan beckons. Here's to four more years of....
Thursday September 6, 2012 12:02 Guest
12:02
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
All right, if even Guest is leaving....
Thursday September 6, 2012 12:02 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
12:05
[Comment From johnjohn: ] 
Good night, Guacamole Queen !!!
Thursday September 6, 2012 12:05 john
12:05
Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!: 
We'll see you tomorrow night, everyone, for Obama night in Charlotte. I don't even have a movie line to kick with this time.
Thursday September 6, 2012 12:05 Chris Suellentrop, Yahoo!
12:06
 

 
 
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