text: Among journalists, one thing was clear about the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night: It was a lot more energetic than anyone expected it to be. 
   
   On CNN, David Gergen said, “Enthusiasm in the hall is more palpable than the Republican convention.” 
   
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   On CNN, David Gergen said, “Enthusiasm in the hall is more palpable than the Republican convention.” 
   
   (PHOTOS: Scenes from the DNC) 
   
   POLITICO’s Dylan Byers observed, “So, frankly, there is more energy in Strickland’s speech than there was in the entire three days of Tampa…” His colleague Alexander Burns concurred: “Just a huge difference in energy between Tampa and Charlotte convention halls. Makes it easier for non-primetime speakers to sound strong.” 
   
   BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith wrote, “This is exactly the convention people in this room wanted, unlike the RNC, which was aimed at a very specific TV audience.” 
   
   “There’s a kind of confidence to this convention I didn’t expect after all the hand-wringing in the lede-up,” wrote The Atlantic’s Garance Franke-Ruta. “Tampa was a cool convention. This is going to be a hot one.” 
   
   “Republicans did a helluva job lowering expectations for this convention,” wrote CNN’s Peter Hamby. “Text from RNC delegate: ‘I’m officially jealous. The DNC looks way more exciting’” 
   
   NBC’s Chuck Todd wrote, “Passion so far at Dem convo is clearly FOR president. Last week, passion at the GOP convo was less FOR Romney and more AGAINST POTUS.” 
   
   The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart observed, “There is energy here.. Folks want to be here.” 
   
   Salon’s Irin Carmon wrote, “So far it really feels like there’s a lot more raw enthusiasm in this room than in Tampa.” DailyKos’s Markos Moulitsas said, “Damn, lots of energy. Remember when Chris Christie had to beg Republican delegates to stand up?” His colleague Jed Lewison said, “More energy in the Democratic convention in last 72 minutes than in 3 days of the GOP fest.” 
   
   “Energy level seems dramatically different from RNC,” noted Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall. 
   
   Not everyone agrees. Radio host Laura Ingraham tweeted, “The DNC is VERY low energy, not the vibrant, youth allure of 2008. I feel the whiff of death and decay…govt is the father figure here.” ||||| Michelle Obama's Tuesday night speech about her husband and the Obama family at the Democratic National Convention drove 28,003 tweets-per-minute at its peak, nearly double the 14,289 mark reached by Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week. 
   
   Obama's speech, intended to illustrate the differences between her husband and his Republican challenger, played well on Twitter. It had plenty of short, snackable lines easily packed into 140 characters or less. 
   
   This tweet, from the Obama campaign, saw more than 2,000 retweets: 
   
   Michelle Obama on POTUS: “He wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt.” — Obama 2012 (@Obama2012) September 5, 2012 
   
   And this was destined to be the most well-remembered and oft-cited line of the night: 
   
   "Being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are." - @michelleobama #dnc2012 — Mashable US & World (@mashusworld) September 5, 2012 
   
   Millions of people watching or listening to Obama's speech chimed in before, during and after on Twitter, voicing varied viewpoints: 
   
   Inspirational, I love Lady Obama!Transcript of Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC | Fox News fxn.ws/Q40jHD via @foxnewspolitics — Rachel Sevedge (@BityLouHoo) September 5, 2012 
   
   Michelle Obama is killing this speech.. — Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) September 5, 2012 
   
   I love Michelle Obama. One intelligent woman. — Zarah (@Zarah____) September 5, 2012 
   
   Stomach still aching. RT @twitchyteam Gag line: Michelle Obama says hubby doesn't believe in "us versus them" bit.ly/NbHTCQ — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 5, 2012 
   
   By the end of its first night, the Democratic Convention as a whole had sparked more than 3 million tweets, nearing the 4 million point reached by the entirety of last week's Republican Convention. 
   
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target: – If the election were determined by Twitter, the Democrats would be hard to beat. As night one of the DNC wrapped up, 3 million convention-related tweets had entered the Twitterverse ... compared to the 4 million the GOP racked up over three days last week, reports Mashable. And the tweets were truly flying during Michelle Obama's speech, clocking in at a high of 28,203 tweets-per-minute. Romney's acceptance-speech high last week? 14,289. Meanwhile, the energy level seems to be higher on the ground level, too. Members of the media (including CNN, the Washington Post, and NBC) who found Tampa a drag say the same isn't true in Charlotte, Politico finds. "Just a huge difference in energy between convention halls," wrote Politico's Alexander Burns. "Makes it easier for non-primetime speakers to sound strong." But the buzz may be in the eye of the beholder: "The DNC is VERY low energy, not the vibrant, youth allure of 2008," tweeted conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. "I feel the whiff of death and decay … government is the father figure here."