The keynote address at the second night of the Democratic National Convention was designed as a multi-focus presentation. The Democratic National Committee and Senator Barack Obama asked for a speech which would unify the party and lure the Clinton delegates to join ranks with the Obama supports in an effort to defeat the Republicans in November.
Clinton delivered, meeting those objectives. But ever the skillful politician -- and shrewd opponent -- Clinton crafted a speech that also issued a message of her own ... don't count me out the next time around!
The runner-up in the primary season who gained 18-million votes, Clinton threw her support behind Obama calling him "my candidate," who "must be our president." She expressed her support many times and with many different words and examples. She was passionate in her delivery, as she made it clear Barack Obama as president was certainly better than John McCain as president.
Clinton spoke with praise for Obama, and with disdain for the Republicans. "We don't need four more years of the past eight years," she proclaimed.
One of her sharpest jabs at McCain was directed at the hearts of her huge female following. She said of McCain, "in 2008, he still thinks it's OK when women don't earn equal pay for equal work." And her supporters cheered her words.
With power and emotion, as well as thanks to her supporters, Clinton did what she was asked to do on behalf of the Democratic Party, and on behalf of Barack Obama. Was it what she wanted to do? Probably not. Is it enough to turn the tide of her supporters and elect Obama? That won't be known until November.
But what else did she do? She solidified her legacy within the Democratic Party. She also left the door open for another run for the White House. She let it be known that she still has a lot of fight, a lot of ambition, and a lot of reason to keep her eyes focused on the White House and her place as the first female president in the history of the United States.
She quoted African-American abolitionist Harriet Tubman -- the former slave who worked the Underground Railroad during the Civil War --- "if you want a taste of freedom, keep going." "We are Americans. We're not big on quitting," she added.
Clinton, her former-president husband Bill Clinton, and their daughter Chelsea, who we watched grow-up in the national spotlight over the last 16-years, have proven in the past they are not big on quitting ... and chances are better than average they will not be big on quitting in the future.
" ... or so this news junkie thinks!"
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