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Reactions from the left
QandO — ... about Obama were brutally cutting and possibly over the top in places. But she’s a far better messenger than an angry white man. (Note, by the way, how both Rudy and Huckabee employed a tone that was more bemused than angry. That’s the modern GOP’s favorite trick—comedic ridicule in place of outright nastiness.)I think the term "misjudged" is going to be used a lot in the coming weeks and not just about "how negative" she was. John Judis, also of TNR’s The Stump said: I thought that section of her speech ...

Liberal reaction to Palin's speech
Betsy's Page — ... to some other liberals' responses to her speech. They sound worried. As well they should. John B. Judis in the New Republic admired the part of her speech where she used her biography as coming from a small town to twist the knife in Obama's expressed contempt for those small town people voting for Clinton because they're bitter and clinging to their guns and religion. But then he sets up his own test for how successful she was. The big question about Palin, though, remains unanswered: It is whether the smaller questions about her family and her past political associations ...

Reaction to the Speech
California Conservative — ... multifaceted, complex person. She doesn’t fit neatly into one box. She’s hard-hitting but she’s also compassionate. Witness her statement about special needs children: I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House. How many parents of special needs children will hear that and feel like they’d have an advocate in Washington with a McCain ticket? Here’s how TNR’s John Judis’ reaction to Gov. Palin’s speech: There ...

OK, Now Panic! … I Dunno, Something Like That
Jules Crittenden — ... . Judis at the New Republic: Great speech. Now it’s up to the lefty media’s smear campaign to deal with this. I dunno, something like that . Joe Klein, TIME: Angry McCain camp, at war with the press, wants you to think there’s a smear campaign going on. Press on with your righteous Jihad, my ink-stained brothers, do not falter now. Allah akhbar! I dunno, ...