After being introduced by her daughter, Chelsea, and greeted by over 3 minutes of raucous applause at the 2008 DNC, Hillary Clinton challenged her most ardent supporters by asking them to vote for Obama if they truly care about the people and causes of her campaign, rather than just being for her.
http://www.voicingouropinions.com
It was the single best outing of her political career. Never has she combined message and structure and delivery like she did last night at the Pepsi Center.Minneapolis Star-Tribune:"Whether you voted for me or for Barack Obama, the time is now to unite for a single party, for a single purpose," the New York senator told a cheering crowd, lighted up with flashing cameras.With her defeated followers chanting her name, Clinton delivered a rousing endorsement of Obama while providing the cathartic closure her supporters were seeking."This is a fight for the future and a fight we must win together," she said. "Barack Obama is my candidate, and he must be our president."Chicago Sun-Times:Fantastic. Could not have been better. Hillary Rodham Clinton laidout the case to vote for Barack Obama better than he does himself.Anyone who faults Clinton for not giving it her all to unify the partybehind Obama didn't watch her Democratic convention speech on Tuesdaynight.She did a lot of what Obama needs to do: Specify what this change will exactly be about.Washington Post:Hillary Clinton knew that every adjective, every nuance, everyaspect of her body language would be scrutinized tonight for evidenceof less-than-full-throated support of Barack Obama. She didn’t betrayany unhappiness -- and it was silly, actually, for anyone to expectthat she might. There might be a Clinton who strays off thereservation, but it’s not Hillary. “In America, you always keep going,”she said, and that’s a fitting motto for Clinton herself. “No way, nohow, no McCain,” she said -- and if there was a piece of her thatdoesn’t mean it, that secretly hopes she might get another shot at thepresidency four years from now, it was completely hidden."We’ve got to get going by electing Barack Obama the next presidentof the United States,” she said. “We don’t have a moment to lose or avote to spare. Nothing less than the fate of our nation and the futureof our children hangs in the balance.” Clip after the jump, and yes, it's ...