How did Hillary Clinton do?

For those of you who missed it, here's video of Hillary Clinton's speech last night.

And here's an early look at some of the blogosphere's reactions:

Andrew Sullivan: The Minimalist

When she's passionate, she has little inflection. When she's quieter, she's a little drony. The "keep going" theme, moreover, was a little unnerving. A thinly veiled threat?

The Fix: Clinton's Speech: Was It Enough?

Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech to the delegates of the Democratic National Convention gave supporters of Barack Obama a lot of reasons to smile.

Ben Smith: Clinton's convention speech

Hillary's speech — a success in the hall — was a study in the virtue of low expectations.

Tom Bevan: Hillary does her duty

Hillary hit almost all the right notes tonight, and she hit them with authority. Obama supporters should be more than happy with Clinton's speech, and by the reaction of the crowd in the hall, they were

Wonkette: Liveblogging Hillary Clinton’s ‘Unity’ Speech

Hillary Clinton is the most orange woman alive tonight. “Orange” is the color of Unity, and Barack Obama. Are the PUMAs buying it? No, because they’re sociopaths. But maybe enough people are

Michael Crowley: What's missing from Hillary's speech

I see no clear, flat assertion that Obama is qualified and prepared to be commander in chief from day one, which of course was always her central critique of him. That was something I had expected to see.

John Dickerson in Slate: Go on without me

Rank-and-file Democrats could hardly have asked for more. Which may actually create a slight problem for Barack Obama. Did Clinton do too well? The reaction I got from the Clinton supporters who don't like Obama is that her speech was the best proof yet that she should be president—or at least be No. 2 on the ticket.

Comments

[Anon]

Well at least someone's blogging on this! They still seem to be asleep across the pond...

[Anon]

Now you know America will not elect BOTH an African American and a Female on the same ticket. Obama HAD to select a WHITE male to have any chance of winning and he choose an excellent running mate. Hillary is GREAT but the two together just wont get it. If she had been the nominee she would have had to do the same thing.

[Jillian Robishaw]

Tis sad, sad times for the good ol US of A. It's as if our choices in the upcoming election are: Should we cut your leg off or your arm? Being born a Bostonian almost connotes having "Democrat" stamped on your birth certificate, but this time around, without HRC on the ticket, I was ready to vote Republican. But "IMAWARHEROPRISONEROFWARANDIDONTKNOWHOWMANYHOUSESIOWN" McCain just can't get my vote. At all. Period. I guess I will have to call myself an Independent from now on. Hey, my British cousins, do you have any room for me over there? I have my bags packed and my passport in hand. Wish my family had been Loyalists during that revolution we had a while back! Where's Ralph Nader when you need him??

[Andy M]

As Shakespeare would have put it:- " I come to bury (Obama) not to praise him"
But instead of doing the exact opposite,as Mark Anthony did, she did exactly that.
Hence the talk of Party Unity asnd glass ceilings, which was a coded message to her supportres meaning do a little not a lot and I will be back in November

[Lynne]

Can we get away from the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" analysis of Hillary? She conceded to Obama months ago, she endorsed him strongly in this speech, and she's done her duty well. What she cannot do is win the election for Obama. He has to do this himself. The election is his to lose. Let's see if he's man enough to handle it.

[Virginia Harris]

If Keith Olberman is happy, what else do you want???

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[Carol Anne]

As usual, the pundits hear what they want to hear...and tell us all about it, once more. Will the election never come?

[Cora]

Hillary did what she had to do. A true Democrat would not have done otherwise. The first time, I would say that she had some class