no way, no how, no ...

My initial reactions to Senator Clinton's incredible speech last night:

Uplifting. Unifying.

Utterly ridiculous.

Look it, anyone who watched her last night now knows, beyond the shadow of any reasonable doubt, that she should be atop the ticket, not Barry. She showed more guts, more spine, more balls, in one line last night ("no way, no how, no McCain") than Barry has shown in 18 months.

She was coherent, she was persuasive. She had a clear focus, vision, purpose. She looked ... Presidential.

When was the last time Barry could say that?

I sat there watching this last night, and there were 4 things that immediately came to mind:

1. What was Barry thinking to cede Tuesday to her? If I was the nominee, I don't care how close the vote was, I don't care how pissed off her backers were, this is what I tell her. "You get Monday. You can do any damned thing you want on Monday, but that's all you get. And remember: if I lose this thing because your supporters don't get in line, you're finished in the party. I know it. You know it. So you'd better take advantage of my generous offer of giving you a night."

2. What was Barry thinking to cede Tuesday to her? Monday is your throw away night. Tuesday is about showcasing the rising stars of the party, like Obama four years ago. Wednesday is about your veep, Thursday is about your nominee.

3. What was Barry thinking to cede Tuesday to her? You realize that by the time Biden takes the stage tonight, we will have not only had 2 straight days of the Clintons, the team he beat in the primary process ... we won't have seen or heard from Barry at the Convention in 2 days! What the hell? The only presence Barry has made was via a video shot after Michelle's speech, and even then he screwed up, calling KC "St Louis".

4. What was Barry thinking to cede Tuesday to her? No matter what she said last night it was a losing situation for him. If she had done what I wanted, and gone for the steal of the nomination ... she implodes the party and throws the convention into chaos. (Something already happening anyways). If she delivers a home run endorsement, like she did ... it only reinforces the fact that us Democrats nominated a freaking idiot with no shot of victory in November.

I hope you witnessed last night. You witnessed the final last gasp of a dead, dying party. Last night was Leo and Kate running out from the holding room after hooking up on "Titanic", right before the ship hit the iceberg. The Democratic Party is the ship. Barry is the iceberg.

We're doomed.

* I intend to be live at 4pm today for the roll call vote. The "senseless optimist" in me continues to hold out hope that Hillary's speech last night inspired the PUMAs in the audience to hold firm and demand a full, fair floor vote. The "senseless optimist" in me continues to hold out hope that Bill convinced Hillary to say "screw it, go for it" last night. But there's only one way to find out. 4pm CT today.

* Other "highlights" of tonight's scheduled presentation, titled "Securing America's Future":

Chuck Schumer will address the Convention after the roll call vote. Always good for a laugh or three.
"The Honorable Richard M. Daley" kicks off the 6pm hour. Not that he isn't bought and paid for.
Melissa Etheridge performs around 6:30. Should be solid.
"Dingy" Harry Reid follows her. Sen. Bayh, who should have been the Veep pick, follows Reid.
President Clinton goes at 8pm. This should be entertaining, if nothing else.
John "Effing" Kerry follows Bill.
Bill Richardson, another man more qualified for the White House than our presumptive nominee, follows John "Effing" Kerry. Who, in case you forgot, served in Vietnam.
Veep nominee Joe Biden closes the night down.

All in all, should be a fun night.