Much Ado About Nothing

Man, that Bob Menendez is a dull speaker. I missed Gore's speech, but I hear that he didn't blow steam out of his ears like he did in a couple of earlier speeches of his. Too bad.

I looked around at some of the much anticipated blog coverage of the convention. Is it just me or is it all a bit underwhelming? Perhaps coverage of live events is not one of blogging's strengths. I'm sure it's too early to tell. 'Course, the event being covered isn't exactly exciting. And reading yet another account of behind the scenes meet-ups and security screenings has lost its lustre already.

I'll be keeping my eye on Tim Blair and Matt Welch who are blogging at Reason. If there's good blogging to be had out of this, it'll be from them.

Update: Hillary's just come on, dressed like a banana. The crowd went wild. Rawr, rar. (Ok, the banana remark isn't fair.)

Except for increasing the size of the military, all of her war advice was of a defensive nature. More money for first responders, more money for New York City, rearrange the bureaucracy. Nothing about taking the war to the enemy. Is this what we can expect from Kerry?

And now Bill Clinton has come on to his campaign song, Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow.

Update: "[Bush] and his congressional allies"? Considering Kerry's vote on Iraq, does that include Kerry? Apparently not, he's talking about Kyoto and the ABM treaty.

Update: Clinton claimed his administration featured "strong efforts against terror." And he blew by that claim as part of a list of things he allegedly did better than Republicans. He was speaking quite fast, really. But the trick didn't work- I still heard him make that claim. It's crap.

Update: We have yet to hear from the candidate, but this doesn't sound like a party that believes we're at war. They repeatedly say that the choice before us is to go it alone or to cooperate with the rest of the world. That's too stark a way of phrasing it. Bush didn't go it alone, and Kerry wouldn't get much cooperation from the French and Germans. But more than just that, it seems to me that the Democrats are trying to portray the choice before us, subtly, as one between war and peace. I don't believe that they'll be able to deliver what they're promising. But will the country buy it anyway? That's the question. Dreamworld or harsh reality? 9/10 or 9/12?

And now, Patti LaBelle.