DNC CONVENTION: NIGHT 1

Nailed it!

Given that Ted Kennedy might have been too sick to even make it to Denver, his speech was stirring and forceful, beyond my wildest expectations. I was prepared to be happy with just a wave. It was almost like watching the end of every cliche sports movie in which the athlete who everyone counted out shows up to score the winning point.

And yet, even after that, Michelle Obama totally stole the show.

I've been watching Democratic Convention speeches since 1984 and I don't remember being this moved since Jesse Jackson's speech in 1988. My wife and I were tearing up.

I suppose it was amazing enough to simply live to see a prospective African American first lady. And even more impressive that she was billed as the headliner of the first day of the convention.

But her speech was masterful in comparison to all political speeches by all politicians of all genders and races. It is one for the history books, in my opinion.

This is all in sharp contrast to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who, hours earlier, delivered a painful speech that made me want to stick my head in a food processor.

--Junichi