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A Speech for the Ages
The Anonymous Liberal — It doesn't get much better than that.  That's the speech I imagined when Obama announced his candidacy over a year and a half ago.  It was the kind of speech that can make even the most cynical among us let their guard down and believe, even if just for a moment, that politics can be so much more than what we're used to, what we've come to expect.  If there were any Democrats out there who were suffering from buyer's remorse, I think that probably cured it.   ...

Initial Thoughts
Talking Points Memo — ... -- you might say, the most contrived -- event of modern political theater. So the moments after its conclusions can give a very illusory impression. But taken that impression on its own merits, for this moment, John McCain looks very, very small. Both in stature and as a person. Taken as a whole, each day in progression, successive speeches hitting different notes and building in sequence, this convention was very strong. Meanwhile, the AP hops back on the tire swing. ...