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Did We Nominate Gore And Kerry Again?
Open Left - Front Page — Although he uses an old-timey analogy, I think Ed Rendell is generally correct in his assessment of Obama's wordy, intellectual speaking style: ...

All the way with Obama?
Ben Smith's Blog — Vintage Rendell: He is a little like Adlai Stevenson," Rendell mused. "You ask him a question, and he gives you a six-minute answer. And the six-minute answer is smart as all get out. It's intellectual. It's well framed. It takes care of all the contingencies. But it's a lousy soundbite." "We've got to start smacking back in short understandable bites," he said, noting "Everybody is nervous as all get out. Everybody says we ought to be ahead by 10, 15 points. What the heck is going on?"

Weds. evening links
Maggie's Farm — ... girl who worked hard, upheld traditional values, and was rewarded by a great nation. A robo-skeleton for the paralyzed. Cool. I am not my brother's keeper. The author of Love and Houses, Marti Leimbach, has a blog. The return of Big Labor. I thought we had "evolved" beyond that mess. Look at this. Sheesh. A modern social contract. Gates Dem ex-Gov Rendell on Obama: Adlai Stevenson?  He is too kind. Adlai was spineless, but he did have depth and ...

Who Built the Pyramids?
Swampland — ... As much as it's fun to believe in the magic of hope and and the power of cool speeches, no one should forget that Obama is where he is because of much, much more than that. Remember when Clinton was comparing Obama to Adlai Stevenson? Not to take away from the accomplishments of charisma, but the discipline with which he's put the nuts and bolts together suggest he might actually be good at, you know, governing.