Zingers, shoutouts and locals: The Best of DNC day 2

Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea, on-screen at the DNC. Photo: Jason Kosena/The Colorado Independent

On day two of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Democrats finally went after Republican John McCain with some ferocity. Here’s a rundown of memorable moments and shout-outs to the locals, along with links to transcripts of Tuesdays speeches.

Sen. Hillary Clinton: “It makes a lot of sense that next week John McCain and George Bush will be together in the Twin Cities, because these days they’re awfully hard to tell apart.” (One quibble: As locals know, Minneapolis and St. Paul are anything but McSame.)

And: “You haven’t worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership. No way. No how. No McCain.”

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius: “There’s no place like home, except for John McCain where there’s no place like home…like home…like home…like home…”

Pennsylvania Sen. Robert Casey: “Now they’re asking for four more years. How ’bout four more months?”

And: “John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush 90 percent of the time. That’s not a maverick. That’s a sidekick!”

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano: “Barry Goldwater ran for president, and he lost. Mo Udall ran for president, and he lost. Bruce Babbit ran for president, and he lost. For this next election, that’s one Arizona political tradition I’d like to see continue.”

New York Gov. David Paterson on John McCain: “If he’s the answer, then the question must be ridiculous.”

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on McCain: “George W. Bush came into office on third base and stole second. And John McCain cheered him every step of the way. … We have to make sure everyone has a chance at bat.”

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: “If you drill in all of John McCain’s backyards, even the ones he doesn’t know he has…that single-answer proposition is a dry well.”

And: “Barack Obama understands that the most important barrel of oil is the one you don’t use.”

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar: “If we are going to protect the family checkbook, we need a president who’ll fight for middle-class tax breaks and affordable health care and education. That’s why the Democratic women of the Senate say the women of this country need Barack Obama and Joe Biden in the White House.”