I have to note that Obama has been nominated by acclamation and that Hillary Clinton made the motion to end nominations.

With the roll call of the states standing at 1549.5 votes for Barack Obama and 341.5 for Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Clinton joined the New York delegation on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. Sen. Clinton then moved to suspend the rules and nominate Sen. Obama by acclamation.

With Speaker Nancy Pelosi taking over as chairwoman of the convention, the motion passed on a voice vote.

from nationaljournal.com

I also note with good deal of pleasure that The National Journal will carry a story to the effect that Obama can expect a sizeable bounce from the convention.

Two-thirds of National Journal’s Democratic political insiders predict Barack Obama will get a bounce of 4 to 9 percentage points from this week’s Democratic National Convention.

None of the insiders expects a bounce of 15 percentage points or more. Six percent said 10 to 14 points; 17 percent said 7 to 9 points; 49 percent said 4 to 6 points; 22 percent said 1 to 3 points; 3 percent said no bounce; and 2 percent wouldn’t hazard a guess.

Commented an insider who foresees a 7-to-9-point jump: “I pray for this. [Predicting] higher is smoking something and what the Republicans want us to say.”

But another said, “Piggyback conventions and McCain’s pick of a VP on Friday will keep the bounce down.”

More than three-quarters of top bloggers on the left went for the same 4-to-9-point range, while two-thirds of top bloggers on the right went a bit lower, predicting a bounce of 1 to 6 points.

from nationaljournal.com

For complete results, see National Journal Convention Daily on Thursday.