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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 8/29/2008
Summing up
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I was disappointed by the speech.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  But it was basically standard Democratic Convention Boilerplate:  nothing we haven't seen before from Obama, or for that matter, every Democratic presidential candidate in living memory. Maybe the problem is that Obama has given too many good speeches.  All Kerry or Bush had to do was show up on the ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... deliver. This is all about packaging. Obama's an attractive package. But again, where are the new ideas? Where are the "new politics for a new time"? Call me cynical, but this is bosh... Given what he's capable of, and what he needed to do tonight, I think this speech was a slight disappointment. A B-minus. He said earlier today that it would be "workmanlike," I believe. Well, he was right. Hillary's speech was better, I'm astonished to say. Megan: I was disappointed by the speech.  Your mileage may vary, of ...

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Weekly Standard Blog — ... Megan McArdle writes that she was disappointed by Obama's speech, which "was basically standard Democratic Convention Boilerplate: nothing we haven't seen before from Obama, or for that matter, every Democratic presidential candidate in living memory." ...

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