Helluva speech by Biden. Maybe one of his best.

[Drunken Irishman]

[Awsi Dooger]

1. Agreed...should be cut into a commercial, or several

It was mostly a prepared speech but he delivered it so well it came across as spontaneous

[Cha]

4. Great idea!

Link to tweet

[honest.abe]

2. Agreed. Joe is feeling it.

In the homestretch.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. I was impressed!

Biden seems to have learned some speaking discipline. Good. When he shapes his speech, he can be great.

[MFM008]

5. Yes

Excellent.

[mvd]

6. K&R. It was touching and Presidential

If it can’t be Bernie, he made me feel better with that speech.

[chillfactor]

7. Thank you!

I wish all Bernie supporters were as wise as you are!

[Blue_true]

22. Pretty much all the legit Sanders supporters here are.

The JPR ones are exceptions.

[mentalsolstice]

9. Thank you!

I’m a progressive liberal, however, I’m also pragmatic.

[MustLoveBeagles]

12. That's very gracious of you

[herding cats]

15. He's a good person and will be a good president.

I've been where Bernie's supporters are right now before, too. You all have my heart tonight. It's not easy.

[Blue_true]

23. I supported Hillary in 2008, I know the feeling. nt

[calimary]

16. VERY happy to hear that, mvd!

It WAS touching and mighty Presidential! He really looked, acted, and sounded the part. Compassion, and class.

How’d he put it? “...bringing decency, dignity, and honor back to the White House. That’s my ultimate goal.”

He forgot to add “honesty.” But I heard lots of it in his voice anyway.



DAMN I hope he wins.

[Todd79]

8. He's always been a great speaker

When he doesn’t stray from the topic, Biden has been known to give great speeches. He has been one of the highlights of more than one DNC Convention.

[emmaverybo]

11. True. Easily forgotten.

[MustLoveBeagles]

13. Totally agree

And welcome to DU

[wnylib]

17. Yes, did a great job at the

2016 convention. Very inspiring speech.

[Native]

10. It was perfect on so many levels.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Yes indeed

[SunSeeker]

18. I was just drinking it up. So much decency and class. The perfect tone.

Biden knows how to do this.

[Lady_Chat]

19. Loved Joe's speech! It was gracious and uplifting!

[Yavin4]

20. It's going to take me a while to get use to hearing an adult president speak.

I'm so use to listening to an undisciplined child play pretend.

[Gothmog]

21. Joe gave a great speech last night

Link to tweet

[karynnj]

24. Completely agree - the tone, quiet competence and compassion, was perfect

This is the first time that I can say that I see him as the President he will be. That usually happens after someone becomes the nominee - or at least when no formerly viable rival is running.

Here, I suspect it might be that I, like many, need a leader I trust as we face serious issues. In 2008, it was conceivable that even though Democrats were favored that McCain could win -- until we saw both of them respond to the economic crisis. That was when I was 100% sure there would be a President Obama. The virus is even more personally threatening. My siblings and I - all healthy and between 58 and 69 - were a bit surprised to be "the elderly" and worry more about our 90 plus year old parents. I suspect that people far younger than me are unsettled as their parents or grandparents are threatened.

We have seen how badly Trump is failing on this. Yesterday's speech and a promised upcoming speech in Delaware show or will show how Biden can do in that role. I don't know how Sanders gets a comparable opportunity after he went silent yesterday.