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Eight Years Is Enough
Newshoggers.com — ... soundbites and too-cute-by-half innuendo. This isn't a teenager's campaign for junior high student council, he was saying, it's a campaign for president of the United States and you're old enough to know that you should damn well treat it that way. And then, there was the conclusion. I'm basically pretty immune to that kind of soaring, but relatively content-free, oratory, but I was just spellbound. I honestly can't remember the last time that's happened. Josh Marshall writes: At the end of the day, a convention is the most ...

Obama Bloggy Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... about the pain. And it’s very short on specifics on how he’ll cure it. Jay Redding: Negative. Shrill. Lacking in vision. This is not the Obama that inspires. This speech is flopping, and I can’t see independents going for this. What was the Obama team thinking? Jim Geraghty: Obama’s speech was predictable, it was implausible, and it was strikingly, inexplicably, angry. Josh Marshall: I've said myself that Obama's campaign needs to be more ...

Well Spoken
Opinionator — ... and too-cute-by-half innuendo. This isn’t a teenager’s campaign for junior high student council, he was saying, it’s a campaign for president of the United States and you’re old enough to know that you should damn well treat it that way.” He concludes, “John McCain looks very, very small right about now.” Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo says the exact same thing ( “John McCain looks very, very small” ) and adds, “I also think he made the right decision to directly (and, in the case of the ‘celeb’ meme, explicitly) confront the smears, particularly the attacks on Obama’s ...

Obama Defines Change Specifics And Answers And Defines McCain In Historic Speech
The Moderate Voice — ... types - spouting their absurd nonsense. It doesn’t get past the folks that with all their kumbaya crap there is no plurality or room for other opinions on the left coast. –Balloon Juice’s John Cole did live blogging and comments on media coverage. He has this entry: 11:00 pm- That was a pretty damned fine speech. Matthews and Olberman are just embarassing themselves with the praise, though. –Josh Marshall: I thought this was a very strong speech. About exactly what was ...

The best defense is a strong offense
Political Animal — ... us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America -- they have served the United States of America. So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first." As Josh Marshall concluded , "[F]or this moment, John McCain looks very, very small. Both in stature and as a ...

MORNING READ
News — ... notes The Corner's Kathryn Jean Lopez . But a lot of that experience talk is "overblown" when it comes to foreign affairs, writes The Corner's Andy McCarthy , who wants someone who has a suspicion of Washington and international entanglements. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Obama's Speech - kos, Daily Kos [image] Not 'Yes We Can,' But 'We Have To' - mcjoan, Daily Kos [image] The Broader Argument - Josh Orton, MyDD [image] Very Strong Speech and Convention - Josh Marshall, TPM [image] The Hope We ...

Obama’s Speech: “Now Is the Time”
The Moderate Voice — ... directly rebutted the idea — advanced by John McCain’s campaign — that he is more celebrity than politician…. And when Obama went on to dress down McCain and the Republican party over their stances on taxes and healthcare, he roared: “That is not the judgment we need. That won’t keep America safe. We need a president who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past.” Josh Marshall at TPM made an excellent and crucial point about his method of attack: ...