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Hillary's Speech: Words Don't Matter, Work Does
In her speech tonight, Hillary pushed hard on the theme that Obama is all words and she's all action, suggesting that the Hillary campaign is having an awfully tough time figuring out how to derail Obama's eloquence as a force in this campaign.
Hillary:
"Tonight I want to talk to you about the choice you have in this election and why that choice matters. It is about picking a president who relies not just on words but on work, on hard work to get America back to work. That's our goal!"
...and...
"We can't just have speeches, we've got to have solutions, and we need those solutions for America. We've got to get America back in the solutions business. Because while words matter, the best words in the world aren't enough unless you match them with action."
The Hillary camp has been trying various formulations to beat back Obama's clear oratorical superiority as a determining factor in this campaign, but nothing seems to have worked thus far.
Late Update: As commenters note, it's a misnomer to call this a concession speech, since Hillary didn't mention tonight's results in any way (at least until the networks cut away to Obama's victory speech).
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