Dem Con, final (maybe) thoughts

By Tim Redmond

You can scroll down a bit and see all of my observations from the state Democratic Convention in San Diego, but now that I'm back, a few last thoughts (until I have more last thoughts):

The most bizarre statement by a major candidate: Hillary Clinton saying that we need to bring illegal immigrants "out of the shadows" -- so we can track them in case they're terrorists.

The most startling fact: Unless I missed something, John Edwards was the only major presidential candidate who mentioned the word "poverty."

Worst sense of history: Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez calling the era of the Clinton presidency "the golden years."

Loser: Hillary Clinton, who started off great but lost the crowd, and got heckled, when she timidly got into Iraq. .

Disappointment: Barack Obama, who came in like a rock star, spoke brilliantly,was great on the war, but offered few specifics and didn't stop to talk to the press.

Winner: John Edwards didn't get to speak until Sunday morning, but I agree with Paul Hogarth: He turned around more delegates than anyone else.

Best speech: hands down, Maxine Waters

Lessons: The bloggers and reform upstarts got their asses kicked by the old guard on some key resolutions. But these folks learn fast, and they'll be back.

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BrianLeubitz

Great job on getting the candidates to answer questions about taxes. When we asked Richardson about that, we got the exact opposite of what we wanted to hear. On the other hand, Edwards seems to see the importance of returning to a more sane tax code, with rates like those under Nixon.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/363603,CST-NWS-hunter30.article

Posted by BrianLeubitz | April 30, 2007 07:41 PM

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