At the press conference I posted about over at ATM Watch, a journalist told Hillary the following regarding the delegates on the floor:
"Obama has their heart, you have their head."
Now, Obama hasn't spoken yet (he's on at 2pm) but his campaign is certainly the most visible here at the convention and you get the sense that his supporters are the most passionate. And while there was some excitement on the floor in anticipation of Hillary's speech, mostly among young women, there was very little as she was actually speaking. And her speech reflected why. She committed the cardinal Democratic sin: making a laundry list of what she will do as president.
As a wise woman leaned over and whispered to me, "she has no thesis." This is in stark contrast to Obama whose entire campaign is about the overarching theme of a new kind of politics. What does Hillary offer other than experience and a husband whom we all would on some level love to see back in the White House? Whatever it is, she didn't make the case on the floor today. You sort of get the sense that she's written off a certain segment of the Democratic primary electorate and she made no effort to win them over today.
