"No Way, No How, No McCain"

Writer’s Comment: This writer does not have a transcript of Senator Clinton’s speech to reference so forgive any missed quotes.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton really surpassed my expectations tonight. Her speech directly confronted her supporters to put up or shut up. The line I enjoyed the most was when she said “I want you to ask yourself, were you in this campaign just for me…we did it before with President Clinton and the Democrats and we will do it again with President Obama and the Democrats.”

Here are some other highlights from the speech:

“The time is now to unite, one party, one purpose.”

“None of us can afford to sit on the sidelines.”

“Barack Obama is my candidate, he must be our President.”

“I haven’t spent the past thirty-five years fighting…to see another Republican in the White House.”

The tone of the speech was pro-Obama and a call to “keep going.” It included a respectful thank you and a warning to her supporters that “we don’t need four more years of the last eight years.”

There were some humorous moments in Senator Clinton’s speech as well. The line about the Twin Cities and how symbolic it was for McCain and Bush to be there next week because “they are so hard to tell apart” was priceless.

I have been skeptical if Senator Clinton would really give up her historic campaign after getting so close to the finish line. Tonight, she proved me wrong. Her speech and her demeanor were brilliant and proved she has insured her place in American political history.