His fluid, tough, and forcefully delivered speech indicates that he will be a formidable and potentially devastating opponent in the fall presidential debates. Anyone who can't see that just doesn't get it.
For the right-wing commentariat, Peggy Noonan's snark this morning was a Katrina moment. It was a benchmark for how out of it and, well, disgusting, that crowd is.
The Anchorage Daily News discovered why Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the perfect person to be the next Dick Cheney: She can look you in eye and tell you black is white. Especially when there's oil involved.
The joy last night silenced a media poised to pick him apart. At CNN a bevy of "senior analysts" sat mystified, sensing, it seemed, that we'd just as soon not hear from them.
In choosing Sarah Palin of Alaska for Vice President, the Republicans have made a cynical but clever choice. At least they think it is clever.
The difference between Obama and Clinton (either one) is that the Clintons are like LBJ, and Obama is like JFK, or RFK, or even Reagan. His overriding strength is that he communicates directly to the individual.
CNN turned to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was also on McCain's short list for the post. All she could muster was a few generalities about "spirit" and "enthusiasm," before admitting, "I don't know much about her. "
Suddenly my companion is sobbing, "I'm three generations from slavery," she says. I'm holding her. "I didn't know it would affect me this way," she says, and I'm thinking that all of my maternal American ancestors owned slaves.
This is a deeply serious man. Whatever the Republicans fling at him over the next 90 days, no one now can have any doubts about his depths as a candidate.
Next Friday night, Americans will be able to take the energy, the passion and the pride they have felt during the past few weeks and take a monumental step towards bringing about the end of cancer.
He has presented a powerful image of someone who is ready to be our president. It was substance, and it was leadership. And it really worked.
Yes, Obama is a better alternative than McCain, who seems hellbent on restoring a cold war with Russia, but he gives so few specifics that I question what he would do as commander in chief.
When the two couples appeared on the stage with their multi-hued families, it seemed natural that white and black would be on stage together. This is how it should be, aware of color, and yet, color blind.
