Hillary Clinton's return to the spotlight this evening will be met with the biggest cheers of the convention at least, one should expect, until Obama's speech on Thursday night...
Below, the full schedule for tonight's "show," plus: did the Dems blow it last night?
7:00PM EDT Economy – “Policy that got us where we are.”
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, KS, convention co-chair, “GROWING THE ECONOMY”
Gov. Janet Napolitano, AZ, convention co-chair, “GROWING THE ECONOMY”
Gov. Ted Strickland (D) OH. “BUSH FAILED POLICIES”
Gov. Ed Rendell (D) PA. “BUSH FAILED POLICIES”
Gov. Deval Patrick (D) MA. “OBAMA’S ECONOMIC POLICIES”
Sen. Bob Casey Jr., PA. “OBAMA’S ECONOMIC POLICIES”
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) MT. “OBAMA ENERGY POLICY.”
Federico Pena, Fmr Energy Sec. “OBAMA ENERGY POLICY.”
8:00PM EDT
Women of the Senate
Sen. Chris Dodd, CT
9:00PM EDT
Al Gore
Libby Ledbetter
10:00PMEDT
Fmr. Gov. Mark Warner, VA. Keynote address
Senator Clinton Video
Clinton introduces her mother
Sen. Hillary Clinton, NY. “Headline Prime Time speaker”
Possible Obama remote live into convention
We're hoping they put Hillary on at a more reasonable time than indicated above (wouldn't it be better if by "Prime Time," they actually meant "we're going up against House reruns and another worthless America's Got Talent half-hour at 8 or 9pm") and that she hits McCain hard. Not on age, not on the Bush stuff, but on the shit that will stick: houses, the continued Republican incompetence on Iraq, the economy, Katrina, and on and on...
Hillary is out best hope to hammer away at McCain's surge (pun intended) in the polls, since, as it became very clear last night, the most aggressive politicking will have to wait until the RNC, where speakers are sure not to whimp out. (Ted Kennedy almost hit Bush on Iraq, but his words were something like "Obama will not try to bring our troops into a pointless war" instead of "John McCain wants another hundred years in Iraq-- this guy wouldn't know a failure if he was playing first base for the '86 Red Sox!" Or... um... whatever.)
Let us know what you thought of the DNC's opening night and what you hope to see tonight and beyond...
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