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Moonbats Get Violent In Denver, Media Yawns
Pirate's Cove — ... As far as Michelle Obama’s speech went, I didn’t bother watching it. You knew it was going to be spun to be something completely different then who she is and what she has said before. But, Excitable Andy, Mr. Arch-Conservative himself, continues his Kool Aid bath ...

Moonbats Get Violent In Denver, Media Yawns
Stop The ACLU — ... just meandering around. The AP refutes that. Also: “Do we want to review what went on in New York City during the 2004 GOP convention, Michelle?” Sure. The majority of people arrested, including those smearing feces on themselves, were Democrat voters. Good news, though, Maha. This is only day 1. As far as Michelle Obama’s speech went, I didn’t bother watching it. You knew it was going to be spun to be something completely different then who she is and what she has said before. But, Excitable Andy , Mr. Arch-Conservative himself, continues his Kool Aid bath There was plenty I ...

MORNING READ
News — ... . But the party on Monday was able to rebut the Republicans' "only real weapon," which is their ability to drag Obama into the mud and paint him and his wife as un-American, writes Andrew Sullivan . Michelle Obama's speech was effective because she made her husband seem like "one of us," emphasized her working class roots and talked about her father and hard work, according to The Corner's ...

Night 1
Talking Points Memo — ... agrees with Sullivan that Night 1 of the DNC was not the night for a sustained attack against John McCain. Like Sullivan, Kos's argument is that people are already persuaded that Bush was a disaster and McCain is four more years of Bush. The problem is convincing people that Obama and his wife are an acceptable/trustable alternative -- knocking back the damage created by McCain's sustained attack on Obama's Americanness, patriotism, etc. ...

Was Last Night Too Fluffy?
The Stump — ... I agree with Andrew: No. The Democrats have plenty of time this week to attack John McCain. Much as candidates open their campaigns on a positive introductory note, I think it was fitting to begin with uplift. Kennedy brought Democrats back to first principles, with a little magic and romance and poignancy to boot. And Michelle achieved the vital task of sandblasting away the cartoonish facade of a cold and aggrieved woman. Mission accomplished. Tonight and tomorrow can be about contrasts with McCain and mending the Hillary rift. I see Thursday as about Obama's ...

First night
Daily Kos — I agree with Sullivan on this: The notion that tonight should have been about ripping the bark off the president seems to me misplaced. No one needs to be persuaded that the country is on the wrong track. We have endured one of the worst presidencies in American history, a stalling economy, and a war that was as deceptively packaged as it was poorly executed. The wrong track number is at 80 percent. What was necessary tonight was rebutting the only real weapon the Republicans have: dragging Obama into the mud, throwing every extremist attack they can at ...

8/26: Netroots To Dems: Get Nastier!
Blogometer — ... opportunity for Obama opponents to argue, 'That nice woman you saw in Denver is the mask. The real Michelle is the woman who is only now proud of her country, and who thinks it is usually "just downright mean."'" OBAMA III: Why Aren't We Hitting McCain? Many liberal bloggers were concerned about the paucity of attacks on McCain and Bush during the first night of the DNC: Along that same vein, many liberal bloggers praised MO Sen. Claire McCaskill for attacking McCain in her speech: The Atlantic 's Andrew Sullivan doesn't believe that the Dems erred by not attacking Bush and ...