HILLARY AT RISK OF BEING UPSTAGED:

Few would ever want to follow that Dream Team lineup of gifted political orators at the Democratic National Convention.

Then again, Hillary Clinton doesn’t really have a choice.

She wants to be president, and the acceptance speech is a rite of passage for anyone seeking the White House.

When the former secretary of State and first lady steps on stage here at the Wells Fargo Arena Thursday night, she will become the first woman in American history to accept the presidential nomination of a major political party.

But Clinton also finds herself in the difficult spot of going last, after some tremendous speeches by her top surrogates — all of whom have demonstrated an uncanny ability to inspire and connect with huge audiences like the one that will fill the Wells Fargo Arena.

When I was in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota at the start of September of 2008 as part of the team that kicked off PJTV, I’ll never forget how Sarah Palin had the crowd absolutely enraptured by the end of her speech. (She was so good that night, no wonder the DNC-MSM decided they needed to utterly crush her.) Then the last night was McCain, who seemed oddly flat, particularly by comparison. I remember walking out of the arena thinking that it’s never a good sign when the opening act blows away the headliner, and this does not bode well for November. I wonder if Hillary voters in Philadelphia had a similar reaction last night.

Related: Bernie Sanders’ delegates wore glow-in-the-dark t-shirts reading “enough is enough” during Hillary’s speech, Joel Pollack tweets with an accompanying photo.