Diary from the DNC: Day 2

Andrew Feiler of Atlanta is an a member of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Here’s his diary entry from Tuesday, Day 2, in Denver:

In the wake of opening night there’s been a lot of play about James Carville and company complaining about lack of “red meat.” I believe that’s indeed been missing in past conventions and that clear messages for Obama and against McCain are one of the things I’m most looking for this time around, but I actually feel that Monday night was played well.

Very little is known of Michelle Obama by the average voter, frankly both the decideds and the undecideds. I think it was important to introduce her to the country and to begin the process of helping a lot of folks get comfortable with her as prospective First Lady. That was their primary mission last night, and I think her performance was stellar. Besides that, casting the prospective First Lady as attack-dog-in-chief would be pretty dumb all by itself.