Hillary Clinton Should go Down as the Greatest American Political Figure in History...

[Moonwalk]

87. I didn't mean that Bernie had anything to do with her convention, nor to...

...say she wasn't in charge of it. But Hillary didn't put up all those balloons by herself either. For almost 25 years Hillary's been saying "It takes a village" and I think it's time we listened to her, because cults of personality are always a danger (see: Donald Trump). That we are "stronger together" is exactly what this convention proved. There were a lot of speech makers, and even if Hillary picked/approved of everyone, she didn't write all their speeches. Nor tell them how to deliver those speeches. Which, to my mind, is what she would have had to do to be given ALL the credit for that convention and its success. Each and every one of those speakers wrote those speeches, they brought their energy, they brought their passion, they brought their dedication.

Thus THEY and all the volunteers and members of the DNC who passed out signs and put up balloons and worked the videos and made sure the hall rocked with music...ALL OF THEM, including Sanders who got 89% of voters there for him to cheer for Hillary, ALL OF THEM made this convention one of the most amazing in American History. There are lot of conventions that get spoken of as turning points, and this, I've no doubt, will be one of them. And Hillary's name will be remembered for it. But whether she leaves office viewed as "The greatest American political figure in history"...that waits to be seen. No man or woman, to my mind, deserves to be called that before he/she has even taken the oath of office.

Putting it another way: stopping Trump will be the first, not the last or only thing important and memorable thing she will do in office. Let's not put the cart before the horse. There's still a long way to go till we can say that we have solidly and conclusively proven that she deserves such an accolade.