Thursday, September 6, 2012

Democratic National Convention Speeches, Night 2

For my money, the angriest speech of the night came from 31 year old George Town law student Sandra Fluke, who has been an activist on abortion since her undergraduate days at Cornell. Her speech roused the audience, and by that measure, was one of the most effective of the night. Clinton started out great but went for 50 minutes. It could have been a great speech at 30 minutes.  (I wonder if Barack Obama enjoyed waiting in the wings?)  Elizabeth Warren concentrated on the miserable state of society, and so seemed to be urging people to vote against the incumbent--that was a little weird.

(NARAL President Nancy Keenan)

(Cecile Richard, President of Planned Parenthood)

(Sandra Fluke)

(Elizabeth Warren)

(Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles)

(Bill Clinton(

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