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Obama Bloggy Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Most on the right were disappointed while many on the left were elated. Ezra Klein: This has been the most aggressive speech of the week. And the most substantive I've seen Obama give. It's not a thematic address: It's not about hope or values or the universality of the American experience of the illusory obstacles that divide us. It's concrete. It's about the failure of the Republican Party, and the promises of the Democratic Party. Yuval Levin: I thought Obama's speech was better than Biden's though not as good ...

Obama’s Ordinary Politican Acceptance Speech
The American Mind — ... Yuval Levin notes that Sep. 11th and the surge were missing from the Democratic convention. Democrats want to lead the country into the future by neglecting our recent past. ...

A Defensive and Evasive Speech
Weekly Standard Blog — ... jokey (and effective) "celebrity" ad. He spent paragraphs proclaiming his patriotism - though McCain has never questioned it. He responded to John McCain's convention theme, "putting country first," by saying, "We all put our country first." Really? Everyone? To those who say the election is a referendum on his ability to lead in a dangerous world, Obama said, "This election has never been about me. It's been about you." No it hasn't. It really is all about him. Yuval Levin highlights a few of Obama's evasions, issues he did not mention in the ...