Last night, Elizabeth Warren spoke at the Democratic National Convention about how the system is rigged in Washington, and how she and President Obama will fight to create a level playing field for working families and small businesses. Here is the reaction today to Elizabeth’s speech:

“Warren gave a speech that roused the spectators at the convention.” [Berkshire Eagle]

“At the end, the arena erupted…Massachusetts delegates widely praised her speech.” [WBUR]

“U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren brings DNC hall to its feet” [State House News Service]

Warren, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Massachusetts, delivered a forceful critique of Mr. Romney’s business background and invoked anti-Wall Street language to make her case on behalf of Mr. Obama, who she said would fight tirelessly for the middle class." [New York Times]

George Stephanopoulos: “I think that she got everybody excited with that, helped herself a lot. Of course, she’s still in a tight race up there in Massachusetts with Scott Brown. But she did herself a lot of good at least with this crowd here last night.” [WCVB, 9/6/12]

Mika Brzezinski:  I thought it was fantastic… I mean she really, I think, frames the problems that are plaguing this country and the middle class.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 9/6/12]

Sue O’Connell: “I think she really hit a home run.” [NECN, 9/5/12]

“Elizabeth Warren… also gave a stem winder, a manifesto of her wing of the Democratic Party’s values that the crowd went wild for.” [PBS NewsHour]
“Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was a hit with the convention crowd." ... "She gave a very powerful speech." [CNN Early Start, 9/6/12]

 “And the applause and cheers for her only grew louder as she addressed the huge crowd at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Warren, a Harvard professor and consumer advocate, delivered a strong speech.
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“Though her speech here tonight echoed themes she’s talked about since she launched her campaign, it was delivered with an intense passion — and got a fiery response — that may help propel Warren into her final campaign lap.” [Roll Call]

 “Elizabeth Warren delivered a trademark full-throated defense of working Americans against what she said are Republican plans to make the economic ladder much harder to climb for members of the middle class.
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“Returning to the theme that made her a Democratic Party star, Warren said America’s working class and middle class are on the ropes — and Republicans are ready to land the knock-out blow.” [Talking Points Memo] 

“Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren delivered a fiery endorsement of President Barack Obama on Wednesday evening while blasting Mitt Romney as a plutocrat blind to the needs of the middle class.

Warren, a consumer watchdog and hero of the left, aimed her remarks squarely at blue-collar, middle-class voters, repeatedly calling them victims of a “top-down” corporate world that, she said, had a close ally in the Republican presidential candidate.” [Politico]

"Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren electrified the crowd at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night." [National Journal]

The Fix, Washington Post: Winner: “There is little question that the crowd in the convention hall loved every word she spoke...Warren owned the room in a way no one before her on the podium had done.” 

Janet Wu, WCVB:  “When she stepped on the stage, the crowd went wild.”