Dutiful, soldier-like obedience: “I’ve never been prouder of a Democrat than I was tonight. She said it better than I ever could have: Everything I worked for and that she worked for would be at risk if we do anything less.“

Resigned, if not enthusiastic, acceptance: “l’ll vote for [Obama] in the roll call because that’s what Hillary wants.“

Pragmatic defiance: “We love her, but it’s our vote if we don’t trust him or don’t like him.“

And then there were those who simply weren’t going to believe her, no matter what she said.

“It’s a tactic,“ one delegate said. “Who knows what she really thinks? With all the missteps that have taken place, this is the only thing she could do. So, yes, I’m still bitter.“

At least some vanquished supporters were trying to find a happy medium between their frustration with and loyalty to their party. One delegate thinks she’s found a way to be true to both.

Weeping, Dawn Yingling, a 44-year-old single mother from Indianapolis, said that the speech was “fabulous” but that she still isn’t going to work for the Obama campaign. “She was fabulous, nothing less than I expected. It’s hard to sit here and think about she would have accomplished. We’re not stupid—we’re not going to vote for John McCain,“ she said. But she’ll limit her campaigning to a House candidate. “It will take a Congress as well as a president. That’s what I can do and be true to who I am.“

David Gergen said on CNN last night that the true test of Clinton’s speech will be whether it brings disaffected Democrats back to the fold. I don’t remember when a poll on voter sentiment was as anticipated as next week’s survey of Democrats will be. And if that wasn’t enough anticipation, the cable news networks will be just this side of apoplectic as they await the numbers if John McCain chooses Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison as his VP.