Riding that Donkey

The big news last night was supposed to be John Edwards speech, which was fine enough, but really ended up being the Rev. Al Sharpton's "answer" to George Bush, which was a phenomenal barn-burner.  I loved when he said something to the effect, "in closing I'd like to say..." and then let loose twice as hard for a good ten more minutes...  No doubt the "we decided to ride this donkey as far as it would take us" line will go down in convention speech history.

NPR fortunately has a lot of the speeches in full, in case anyone missed the big ones (namely Clinton's, Obama's, Edward's, or Sharpton's).  I also liked Kucinich's "I know weapons of mass destruction when I see them" speech.  ("Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction.  Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction.  Crime is  a weapon of mass destruction...")

And tonight is the Big One.  Everyone sits with fingers crossed...