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Michelle Obama

A tumultuous first day of the Democratic National Convention is in the books. Fix Boss Chris Cillizza watched, tweeted and, candidly, ate and drank. (Hey, it was a long day.)

His take on the best and worst of the night that was is below.

Winners

* Michelle Obama: An absolute home run. Period. It will be difficult for anyone in the next three days to deliver a better speech than the first lady did on Monday night. She used her personal story of raising two young African American girls in the White House to tie her husband’s history-making presidency to the history-making bid of Hillary Clinton. She was poised, calm and convincing. When she teared up talking about what it would mean to her, Malia and Sasha to see a woman elected president, it was an instantly memorable moment. Watch it here.

Watch the full report here: http://link.washingtonpost.com/view/57742a14e661f094218b51424b45k.f1o/7693238c