He recognized his wife's campaign--and her superb speech--and said that both she, and he, would work for Sen. Obama--"that makes two of us"--and so would another 18 million people. It was a stroke on behalf of unity, and a reminder that Hillary actually received more actual votes than Sen. Obama.

Clinton worked both foreign and domestic policy. Earlier in the week, some in the press had speculated that the Obama campaign was trying to rein in Clinton and get him to limit his remarks to foreign policy. In response, the Obama campaign said that "Bill Clinton can say whatever he wants." They alloted him 10 minutes, but told him it was all right to go over, which he did by 10 minutes--10 minutes for Bill Clinton? Best line: The rest of the world is more likely to be impressed by "the power of our example than by the example of our power."

In his attack on the GOP domestic policy, he reminded people of the broad-based prosperity of the 90's. This is a message for inside the Democratic Party as well as one outside to the general public. Sometimes Democrats have forgotten that life in the 90's was pretty good. Then, he moved to comparing what's being said about Obama today with what had been said about Clinton himself in 1992--too young, too inexperienced. At the end of the speech, he used Obama's theme of "hope" in a tie to Hope, Arkansas. It was a pretty deft way of baptizing Obama into the Clinton legacy.

Clinton, as did all the speakers tonight, made a point to say that John McCain is a "good man." Clinton went on to say of McCain--"He loves his country as much as we do," neatly stealing the patriotism card from the other side.

In other notes, Clinton said that when Sen. Obama picked Joe Biden for vice president, Obama had "hit one out of the park." Is this is a signal that it was all right not to vet Hillary? He then declared Sen. Obama "ready" to be president, making clear what he had failed to make clear in an interview a couple of weeks ago. He referred to the "fight against HIV/AIDS" twice. (The Clintons have wide support in the gay community.)

It was classic Clinton. Unlike, say, Ted Kennedy, Clinton is not an orator of the old school. Clinton's style is more conversational. He frames issues in clear, easily understandable language, and seems to come at the issues from the point of view of the working and middle class. In fact, Bill Clinton was the last Democrat to do well with the working class, which is why he won.