- Giffords! #
- Aw, I actually missed it. Just closing up at work and saw her on the stage. Just after she finished. Oh well, will see the repeat later. #
- Just got home. I know Biden is about to start, but Alex really wants to show me his new pants right now. #
- Oh, sorry, new PLANTS! For his room. He is very proud of them. #
- Here’s Biden! #
- It was Tuesday night. Not last night or Monday. #Joementum #
- Everybody saying Biden ad-libbing too. Pulling it off so far. #
- I remember liking Biden when he was running, what, decades ago? :-) #
- I was thinking about 1988. Long time ago. #
- Would have been better than Dukakis. #
- Once again hard to listen. Toddler desperately trying to get my attention instead. #
- Went outside to escape. Will try to watch the rest now. Love my son, but kinda upset I’ve missed so much of Biden. :-( #
- Watching non-live later just isn’t the same. :-) #
- I am always uncomfortable with the glorification of killing OBL. #
- MT @natsecHeather yo @attackerman I think you just got the end of your GWOT there with the closing a wound language about why OBL mattered. #
- Lots of people tonight talking about how hawkish the Dems are this time, while the R’s… not so much. Way different than previous cycles. #
- RT @joshrogin Is Biden gonna mention he advised Obama not to go through with the raid on OBL? #
- RT @ZekeJMiller Biden: ” But in case you didn’t notice, they didn’t have the courage to tell you what calls they would make. ” #
- RT @mattyglesias Surprised they don’t cover OBL’a head in tar and stick it on a spike in Lafayette Park. #
- RT @dandrezner Biden blasting the creation of jobs overseas Yeah!! F**k the rest of the world!! #headdesk #
- They followed me outside. :-/ #
- Alex on my lap again. #
- Missed the last five minutes. #
- Alex upset and crying. Me upset and distracted. Now in quiet place to watch. I think. Missed most of it. #
- Basically missed the whole thing other than a couple minutes in the middle. Sigh. #
- Trying to get myself back to a nice calm level state before Obama comes out. Still in a stressed mode right now. Sigh! #
- Here we go. Obama movie. #
- Saw some comments earlier based on the released prepared remarks. #
- Really wish they wouldn’t release/leak such things in advance. #Spoilers #
- What I did see (just glanced at stuff in breaks at work, didn’t read much) sounded more like a State of the Union. I hope it really isn’t. #
- Here comes Michelle. #
- And here we go… #
- Watching by Slingbox means I’m like 30 seconds to a minute behind everybody on Twitter. Oops. #
- Obama kids cute. #
- He accepts! Shocker! I guess that makes it official. (Although the chair said he accepted last night.) #
- RT @mattyglesias In retrospect, pre-Inauguration Obama really was selling a lot of wishful thinking. #
- RT @Atrios RT @chucktodd: BTW, the Hillary for Biden rumors can now officially be put to rest. It is now too late //eye on the ball #
- Everybody is jumping up. The joke wasn’t that funny. #
- He is playing the adult grown up. #
- RT @chucktodd The “I need more time” portion of the speech. The “don’t change horses in midstream” argument every incumbent prez makes #
- Rally around a set of goals? Really? #
- They usually get better toward the end. RT @ericspiegelman So far this is the fourth or fifth best speech of the DNC. #
- But yeah -> RT @nickconfessore For all Obamas rep as a killer speechmaker this feels underwhelming compared to Michelle Obama Biden Clinton. #
- RT @owillis this guy seems to love america and is nothing like the scary black dude on fox. #
- RT @jeffjarvis “I fixed their fuckups.” I wish that were his message. That was Clinton’s message about him. #
- This *is* getting SotUish. List of policy initiatives that are pie in the sky. Isn’t exciting or inspiring. Guess we needed Bill for that. #
- RT @anamariecox I think Michelle wears the inspiring pants in the family these days. #pantsstatus #
- My twitter feed moving much more slowly during this than Michelle or Bill. #
- Most will only see Obama though. RT @AriMelber Obama is all about the future here – Biden handled the history brief. #
- Obama needed to handle both past and future. Ah, some of that now… #
- RT @davidfrum Clinton talked to moderates, Biden to independents, Obama to the Democratic base. #
- Literally. RT @natsecHeather It appears that Biden speech fried my laptop. Literally. #
- RT @mattyglesias This cautious speech makes me think tomorrow’s jobs number is pretty good. Remember Obama’s seen it. #
- Of course he is. RT @mattyglesias This is the speech you give when you think you’re winning and just want to avoid screwing up. #
- Alex just joined me. Quiet so far. #
- Got a few Romney hits in over the last couple minutes. Nothing super memorable. #
- Call out to arithmetic line just reminds how much better Clinton did it. #
- Yup! RT @rebliv @abulsme you’re bitchy #
- Alex back with mom after started getting more distracting. #
- I miss 2008 Obama. #
- I miss 2004 Obama even more. #
- MT @drskyskull Hope that by 2016 campaign focus on algebra and maybe, in 2020 we can have a calculus Presidential campaign. #DNC2012 #
- MT @JudgeJimGrayVP Obama didn’t keep the promises he made in 2008. Who’s to say he’ll keep the promises he’s making in 2012? #DNC2012 #
- MT @natsecHeather Rec foam bricks 4 throwing at tv. They help kid dad RT @abulsme Alex back with mom after started getting more distracting. #
- @natsecHeather I will try that for the debates. :-) #
- .@natsecHeather I will try that for the debates. :-) #
- RT @anamariecox YOU DID THAT = “Oh, hai. We’ll take that ‘You didn’t build that” joke from you now. See you in November.” #dnc12 #
- Now starting to come together. Time to bring it home? #
- Hitting 11 Eastern. #
- False alarm. Not getting exciting yet. #
- I understand trying to do the sober, “Now I’m President, I am serious” thing, but… pump it up just a little more? #
- Alex just ran into the office and is holding the door to keep Mommy from taking him back out again. #
- Here is the crescendo. #
- And that’s a wrap. #
- Stronger close, but this was not his best work by a long shot. But it didn’t need to be. #
- Here comes the family. Bidens next. #
- MT @DouthatNYT Thought people who talked about Clinton overshadowing Obama were just looking for Clinton drama. But they were so, so right. #
- Miss the balloons. #
- Everybody saying this was safe speech you give when you are winning. They are right. And he is in a very strong position. #
- But it would have been nice to see him try to hit a home run anyway. #
- RT @ericspiegelman I mean, I guess if you go up 15 runs by the 6th inning, you can rely on the bench for the rest of the game. #
- And all off the stage. Time for the closing stuff. #
- Some random delegate crying. Uh, OK. #
- MT @zidaya @abulsme @JudgeJimGrayVP Srsly? He just ran through the list…healthcare, Iraq, car industry, DADT, Lilly Ledbetter, etc… #
- .@zidaya Indeed. Has gotten quite a lot done. Missed on some other things. IE: Civil Liberties. Depends which are most important to you. #
- No Obama promise to fix that! MT @BuzzFeedAndrew Seriously, AP, you’re going to put a copyright claim on my YouTube video I got from C-SPAN? #
- RT @gov A new record political moment on Twitter: @barackobama drives 52,757 Tweets per minute. Over 9 million Tweets sent about #DNC2012 #
- Odd overall tweet rate higher, but tweets of those I follow slower tonight. #
- Bring back the purple! RT @jimacostacnn Both conventions are over and one thing clear… We are back to being red states and blue states. #
- Benediction over. TIme for the gavel. #
- RT @BDayspring Was there a single new reason to vote for President Obama in tonight’s speech if you weren’t already? #
- Gavel time! #
- Time to go lavish attention on my son. :-) #
- MT @zidaya: @abulsme I’ve been having this conv w/oth who are disappointed: U can say he hasn’t done enuf, but don’t say he has done nothing #
- .@zidaya Never have said he did nothing. Never will. Lots done. Some I like, some I don’t. About what I expected when I voted 4 him though. #
- @zidaya thanks, I will. :-) #
- RT @BDayspring: SAVING AMERICA?!!?!? hahahaha. RT @zidaya: .@abulsme g Hope, not fear; details, not lies, saving America, #
- RT @zidaya .@abulsme @BDayspring Hope, not fear; details, not lies, saving America, not saving taxes for rich. #
- Wish I’d managed to actually not be distracted through most of Biden’s speech. Consensus seems to be it was better than Obama’s. #
- RT @zidaya: .@abulsme @BDayspring What do you remember was happening in fall 2008-2009? Anything at all? Those who ignore history… #
- .@zidaya @bdayspring In case confusion of my retweets for advocacy, personally: http://t.co/oNFAG9VD and my analysis: http://t.co/1YFE4lIJ #
- RT @zidaya @abulsme I think I was speaking to @judgejimgrayvp ‘s comment that Obama didn’t keep his promises; that annoys the h* out of me. #
- .@zidaya Record is mixed on promises too. He tried on most though. Often where he failed it was straight out R obstruction that stopped him. #
- @zidaya @hominidviews Cool. Glad you like it! Takes a bunch of work. Good to know when people actually read it. :-) #
- @zidaya Don’t know that I will. For me it is Obama vs Johnson and I am not fully decided yet. This week moves me toward Obama though. #
- @zidaya The Libs are often kind of out there and detached from reality. Johnson is a bit more moderate I think, which is important to me. #
- @zidaya I need to spend some more time researching him though. Know a lot less about him and his position than Obama or Romney. #
- @zidaya If I find too much of the absolutist Libertarian dogma, I’ll be done with him. What I would like best is a Lib leaning moderate. #
- @zidaya It absolutely should be. Very sad that it isnt. Should be uncontroversial pos in all parties for that matter. Seems fundamental. #
- @zidaya @gerrycanavan Heh. Indeed. 1 can hope O will be more free in a 2nd term & be better. But suspect often he already is where he wants. #
- MT @zidaya @abulsme @gerrycanavan My hope is withdrawal from Afg leads better results+no reelect means can think about legacy #hope change #
- .@zidaya @gerrycanavan That would be nice. :-) Will still have obstructionist R’s in congress though. (Probably) #
- MT @zidaya: @abulsme @gerrycanavan But on FP + civil rights, that’s all on Obama. Real hope is Supreme Court (Ginsburg + Breyer + Kennedy) #
- .@zidaya @gerrycanavan Not much disagreement there. :-) #
- RT @zidaya .@abulsme @gerrycanavan +if O is reelected, O’care goes into full effect+he will have leverage in ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations. #
- .@zidaya @gerrycanavan Not sure how well leverage will work. We’ll see. Of course, falling off cliff might actually be good in some ways. #
- .@zidaya @gerrycanavan Sets new baseline. Both sides could then “lower taxes” to get where they really want to be, etc. #
- Oh, I complained earlier about missing Biden. Did listen to Kerry in car on way home though. Better than I remember from 2004. #
- Watching second half of Biden on repeat. Liking it. #
- MT @wilw: @ggreenwald I loved Kerry’s passion, wish he’d had that in 2004, but wish wasn’t so focused on how TOTALLY AWESOME wars are. Sigh. #
- Reading – Obama’s Speech: Blog Reax II (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/thAiVtiJ #
- Reading – Simply Put (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/drFUr5cC #
- Reading – Stat-urday: Lombardo’s Quadratic Molasses (Sam Wang) http://t.co/F0595Bwq #
- Reading – E-Book Prices Should Start Dropping Soon (Leslie Horn) http://t.co/jNJU29Mj #
- Reading – NASA Satellite Captures First Glimpse of Curiosity’s Tracks From Martian Orbit (Rebecca J. Rosen) http://t.co/ay3wQpPK #
- Reading – Quote of the Day: How Does John Kerry Even Know Sarah Palin’s Name? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/FIhyjPx5 #
- Reading – Amazon confirms: yes, you can opt out of ads on new Kindle Fire models (Jon Fingas) http://t.co/X8d7xAP2 #
- Reading – Chart of the Day: Net New Jobs in August (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/AVZBGVE7 #
- BTW, Polls in my models updated for today. New poll in NJ. No change in status. #
- Reading – The Electoral College Map (9/7/12) [Josh Putnam] http://t.co/3N2OPz2A #
- MT @LOLGOP: Fun Fact: Joe Biden is the only American Vice President in the last eleven years who hasn’t shot a friend in a face. #
interesting reading your running commentary both nights
Glad you enjoyed the commentary. I’m presuming you read the daily summary on my blog rather than watching real time on Twitter during the events. :-)