Barack Obama Acceptance Speech

A Presidential Obama

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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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.

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We More Than "Stumbled" On Hope This Week

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Peggy Noonan and the Two-Headed Bowling Ball Child

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media

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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.

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Obama Obliterates McCain

Michael Carmichael | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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Obama calmly yet passionately defined himself and his prescription for America in radical juxtaposition to the record of George Bush and the agenda of John McCain.

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Why Did Obama Barely Mention Foreign Policy?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Reading The Pictures: The Obama Connection

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media

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.

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Barack Obama's Rope-A-Dope Speech

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Obama proved that he can "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee." It doesn't mean this will be an easy election campaign.

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Barack Obama: 'Eight is enough!'

Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Soaring rhetoric met specific ideas and goals, coupled with a slashing critique of his opponent that we have not heard to date.

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The Mile-High Milestone

Mary Lyon | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Everything was here -- proverbial red meat, gracefully grilled, the heartfelt nods to Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, and the anniversary of Martin Luther King's earth-moving "I Have a Dream" address.

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Obama's Rope-a-Dope

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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The Republicans have been George Foreman, hitting Obama with everything they had in their evil arsenal over the past few weeks. Obama let them punch ...

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What Obama Should Have Said

Joe Lauria | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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"But as long as we keep lavishly outfitting a military of a size we don't need, social progress will remain a dream. Other industrialized countries have made the choice. Why can't we?"

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A Huge, Huge, Mistake Obama Made in His Wonderful, Wonderful Speech

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama brought us a wonderful speech. Obama's speech produced "a bump" that polls alone couldn't possibly measure. I got choked up and a jump in...

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OK, He's Earned My Vote

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Before Obama's acceptance speech tonight, I was going to vote for him because I had to. After his speech, I'm doing it because I want to.

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Obama Delivers, And Then Some

James Love | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Obama Speech: Convention Address Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election 2008

David Sirota | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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The speech is probably the most populist national speech Obama has given. I have wondered why it has taken him this long to get back to this language that he used in the Democratic primary.

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Tonight: No Double Standard

Bill Curry | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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A month ago, Democrats who'd said there was no way to lose this election began thinking they'd somehow managed to find one. A week in Denver has restored some confidence.

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Cable News Covering The DNC With Republican Cue Cards

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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The DNC coverage this week definitely appears to follow a preordained law: When the Republicans attack, repeat the attack over and over. When the Democrats attack, attack the Democrats. It explains everything we're observing on cable news this week.

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Obama's America

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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Many Americans still need to hear what would be the most enduring values of Obama's America -- here is part of what I would like to hear him say in his acceptance speech.

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Networks Scramble To Plan For Obama's Denver Stadium Speech

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Barack Obama's plan to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a Denver outdoor stadium instead of the arena in which his pa...

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Barack Obama Acceptance Speech

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