Amid all the praise for Obama's speech after winning the Iowa caucus, Hendrik Hertzberg goes contrarian and says Clinton's turn at the podium was the best.
I thought that, of the three main Democratic candidates Thursday evening, Hillary Clinton gave the best speech. It was gracious, generous, properly subdued, and surprisingly selfless. Her theme was the overarching imperative that the next President be a Democrat, the implication being that this was more important than that the next President be her (or Obama or John Edwards) - a message that fits the mood of supporters of all three.
I noticed this too and I almost fell off my sofa when I heard it. It's not often I applaud the Clinton camp, but in this instance I was impressed.
