and of this convention, the best so far, tho we anticipate Hillary Clinton. If Warner had only 4 more years of experience, he'd probably be the nominee right now, or at least veep

Hey, what does everyone think?  More red meat than
everyone expected.  It's a pleasent surprise.

So far so good--he's continuing the four month theme.

I don't know why the response seems so muted. This is one of the best pro-Democratic speeches of the convention. It actually spells out the future.

He was my first choice for President until he dropped out. Then I went to Obama.

nice indeed.

I like Warner, but this post-partisan stuff isn't what's going to win the election or pave the way for new liberal legislation. In 1980 Reagan didn't go on about getting along with Democrats.

I'm still not sure why he didn't want to be considered for VP.

Together with Ted Kennedy and Michelle, among the best speeches so far.

Jerome is absolutely right -- this man will be president one day.

Very pumped for the rest of the convention, and can't wait to hear Hillary tonight.

You can ship a job to Flint Michigan"

That was a really strong ending. All of it was strong, but he really nailed the tone at the end. Basically, he projected a very serious attitude about the stakes of this election and the need to reject the approaches of the past. That kind of speech may offer a more effective way to appeal to Clinton supporters (no bitterness or condescension).

Maybe my expectations were too high, and while I'm not saying I didn't like Warner's speech, I just didn't feel it.

CSPAN is replaying Ted Strickland's speech now - I wish this one had been later.  It's my favorite thus far on night 2.

He tried a high-minded speech and I think it seemed a bit slow.  In an election in which republican identification has never been lower, Warner decided to forward the theory that the R and D was not significant.  

Is it as quiet there in person as it appears to be on TV?

People, it's time to get fired up! If this weak enthusiasm is the best we can muster...well we just have to do better!

The ending of Warner's speech was strong; the early portion was sort of muted.

Warner will be a very serious future presidential prospect. Here's hoping he doesn't contract US Senate disease like many other former governors-turned-senator.

It was a great speech. It wasn't as "post-partisan" as Maddow says. It was pragmatic and future-oriented. But it made clear that Bush set the country on the wrong path.

"Warner's speech was his opening salvo for 2016."

Anyone else thinks it's kind of detached, and even tacky, to be pimping for 2016 right now when winning 2008 is front and center for Democrats?

I liked the point where he said we need to get the best ideas regardless of the party.

But the bipartisanship can get too cute. There is nothing wrong with calling incompetence incompoetence. There is nothing partisan about that. He did it, but in such muted terms, I doubt anyone evne remembered it.

He should have put it in his own manner how dumb the Iraq war was. He kind of mentioned it, but he did not, in my opinion, hammer it home enough what a foolish decision that was, even if you go at it from a non idealogical POV. He was the keynote speaker. He needed to drive that point home in such strong terms that there would be no doubt in an independent's mind that McCain's lead in the polls about who to trust on foreign policy is perplexing. He could have used business analogies to drive that point home.

It would have been nice if Warner, said as a businessman, he is aware of how the US, while still the strongest nation inthe world, no longer has the same purchasing opower in the world it once had. He could have given examples of how the Dollar has declined drastically versus the Euro under George Bush and put an end to the notion that Republicans are good at financial issues. And that should bother even the most non partisan person out there based on purely common sense reasons. His cool manner would have been good to handle such points since Hillary was going to address the visceral issues.