Snap Thoughts on Tonight's Events

Crazy night. I got kicked out of the hall because there weren't enough seats, tried in vain to find the blogger press room and briefly ended up in the basement, peering up into the main floor through one of those big entryways the Zamboni's go through when it's hockey season. Because of all the running around I missed Clinton and Kerry, though did manage to catch a bit of Kerry's McCain the Candidate/McCain the Senator comparisons. That was pretty strong, though Kerry's delivery still gives me nightmares of 2004 . . .

I thought Duckworth had the best speech of the night (that I saw). Strong delivery, promoted the troops, tough on McCain. I wonder how her injuries played on TV . . . did they show it?

Biden was a huge disappointment. The speech seemed schizophrenic. The first 20 minutes sounded like an attempt to connect with the "white working class voters" that Obama supposedly has so many problems with. The delivery was soft, it got a little wonky at times and I was wondering - didn't we pick Biden to be the attack dog? Where were the attacks?

When he finally did start hitting McCain, it seemed rushed, too little too late, and almost like he just jumped into a different speech mid-delivery. Someone suggested that Biden was losing his voice and saved it all for the end - sounds slightly plausible, but the effect is still the same.

Obama's surprise appearance was a strong finish. It riled up a crowd dulled down by Biden's mostly soporific speech.

What did you think? How did it all look on TV? I've seen zero TV coverage, read almost no news since I've been here, and feel completely disconnected from anything that isn't in front of my face.