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I liked Senator Clinton's speech tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It was forceful, energetic and, above all, brilliantly delivered. I enjoyed it all the more thanks to Politico, who posted the full prepared text of her speech a few moments after the end of her banal documentary film introduction. She deviated from the prepared text a number of times — most notably at the end when she inserted another call to vote for Senator Obama in November — and clearly lost her spot on the teleprompter at one point. That said, she covered the lapse beautifully.

Rhetorically, the one piece of her speech — and of the Democrat's platform generally — I disliked was the constant reference to "Green Collar" jobs. Obviously, it alludes to the blue- and white-collar labels many attached to certain types of jobs in decades past, and, to a lesser extent today. Even so, I doubt many people in the burgeoning alternative energy industry wear shirts with green collars on a regular basis. Couldn't they have come up with something a little more creative? Clean room jobs? T-shirt and jeans jobs?

Regardless, it was a brilliant speech. I only hope the topics turn away from the lingering Obama-Clinton animosity and more toward the issues that swing voters actually care about.