Joe Biden

During the roll call it was Dolores Huerta who led the delegates nominating Hillary Clinton. & in the end all came together in support of Biden.

Joe Biden's speech and his son's comments were very moving. I did not know much of the history that Beau Biden covered. Two kisses on the cheek for his father to boot. The more I see of this Catholic Vice-Presidential candidate, the more I like. (I can hardly believe that this is only the 8th candidate on a ticket to date in the history of our nation...) Joe Biden acknowledged his children, his father and his mother before speaking on policy or his own accomplishments.

"I am praying we will do it again," he said as he spoke about what Bill Clinton had accomplished during his presidency. Was that really what he said?

I have to admit, I was in the nose-bleed section during this speech so it was hard for me to catch everything, but I do think that that is what he said. I also like that he spoke to many of the issues of import in this election, but he failed to speak of the detention centers and the raids... Will Barack Obama?

"Remember when the world used to trust us?" he asked. Yes, I do.

We have, in truth, been imperfect in our foreign policy before, but never as bad as today. We should strive towards not only our international standing of the past, but on improving that so that we can indeed inspire trust in our hemisphere as well as the rest of the world.

Obama's surprise appearance at the end was a nice touch. Obama's acknowledgement of Bill and Hillary Clinton was smart. Hillary was deadpan but it was obvious that Bill was waiting with baited breath to hear what Obama was going to say. From his response, it appears that he was happy with Obama's words.

"Change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things," Obama said tonight. Let us never forget that friends.