A&T prof Wickham blogs from the DNC
DeWayne Wickham, USA Today columnist and Director of the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies at N.C. A&T, is blogging what he is witnessing at the Democratic National Convention.
From the site, on Hillary's speech last night and whether her call for unity was enough:
... "No way. No how. No McCain."
That line got a standing ovation from the party faithful who packed the Pepsi Center to hear Clinton's much anticipated speech. But it's too early to tell if what Clinton said was enough to get her diehard supporters to vote for Obama. Some of these PUMAs (Party Unity, My Ass) showed up on television interviews shortly after Clinton finished speaking and said they're still wavering over whether they will vote for Obama.
Earlier in the day I spoke with former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and he expressed great frustration over the slowness of Clinton's supporters to back Obama. "I don't know what else he has to do," Wilder said of Obama's outreach to Clinton's camp. "We've got an election to win."
