Last night I finally figured it out. After 28 years worth of televised speeches and political gatherings, I’m tearing up because I thought that this day might never come.

But what finally transpired Tuesday night while I was watching Hillary Clinton give her, “Trust me, I’m with Obama,” speech from the press stands in the Pepsi Center was that I, Brian Melton, took a peek behind the curtain of politics and discovered …

THE POLITICAL POINT AND WAVE.

It may seem elementary, but I believe that after this concept is revealed to the public it will give the common man (or woman or child) a better understanding of the world of political posturing. Here’s the scenario:

Your name is Hillary Clinton. You’ve just given a speech insisting that you're full support of Barack Obama and that you really do, despite what you’ve said, think that he’d answer the “Bat Phone” at 3 a.m. The crowd is going nuts. Every delegate on the convention floor is waving a white sign with your name on it! They freaking love you! Oh man. Plus, your speech ended two minutes early making room for extra advertising. CNN is going to love you. Fox News is going to love you. NBC is going to love you. But how do you follow up such a transformative speech? You, Mrs. Hillary Rodham-Clinton, POINT AND WAVE. Here’s how.

1.Step away from the podium. This is important to let the crowd know that you’re done speaking.
2.Head stage right.
3.Pick a location in the crowd. It really doesn’t matter where.
4.With your mind’s eye, pretend as if your second cousin Alice is sitting in the vicinity of that location. This will help you to appear convincing as you begin step 5.
5.Point in acknowledgement of Alice. You just can’t believe she came all the way from Hoboken, New Jersey just to hear you speak!
6.Remember, there are 34,999 people in the crowd, other than Alice, who also came to hear you speak. Wave to them.
7.Repeat steps 3-6 at various locations across the stage until the applause sounds like it might be getting tired.

It really is that easy, but mastering it is a skill. At last night’s DNC, the political point and wave helped put the punctuation on a performance that former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani called a, “showstopping convention speech.” So the next time you find yourself posturing in front of a riled-up delegation, remember these seven steps. And above all else, point and wave.