Last night, following Hillary's wonderful speech, I wrote a diary with this very same title, noting that the one element that was unfortunately missing from Hillary's otherwise perfect speech was a full on endorsement of Obama's readiness and leadership ability.
Well, folks. Bill Clinton did it. And if this doesn't reassure Democrats, then nothing will. Bill and Hillary delivered a one-two punch. Hillary set the stage. She urged her supporters to reject John McCain and support the party. Bill followed up by showing us why Obama is the one who needs to be President.
I'm not sure to what extent this was the plan. I suspect it was all along. Hillary and Bill would work together to reunite the party. And what an incredible job they did.
I think the most interesting thing about these last to nights is how effectively the Clintons united this party. Now, I think a lot of us Obama supporters were thinking, "boy, the Clintons really need to fix what they broke."
And they did that. But they did much more. At least for me, they have done a lot to restore my own personal trust in them. Hopefully, a lot of other feel the same way. In this way, they have fully exceeded all expectations and gone much farther than they had to. Their goal was to unite the party by bringing back disillusioned Clinton supporters. But I think they may have done much more. They may have brought back Obama supporters to the Clinton wing of the party.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but what I can say is I am so much more confident now about our chances. With both huge parts of party coming together, there's no way we can't win this thing. You know, if this continues, I may even be convinced to do something I thought I would never do, support Clinton in a primary (I'll always support the Dem in the general). Dare I say, Hillary 2016? Well, I don't know if I'd go that far yet, but who knows.