Obama Convention Speech

When It Comes to Slicing the American Pie, McCain Serves Only the Rich

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

McCain and Palin are running around the country pretending the GOP ticket represents the best interests of the working class and small business owners. It's all false rhetoric and no real action.

The Palin Stuff Is Fun, but Obama Gets the Real Story: It's the 90 Percent, Stupid

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

We've all had our fun at Palin's expense. But it's time to join Obama and laser in on demonstrating how a McCain-Palin administration would continue the failed policies of George W. Bush's presidency.

Barack Obama's Speech: An Assessment

Billy Kimball | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Billy Kimball

It was surprising to see Obama make not one but a dozen or more missteps during what was, by media acclamation, the most important speech of his life

'America, We Cannot Turn Back. Not with So Much Work to Be Done.'

Carl Pope | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Carl Pope

Last night was a reminder of just how much has changed in the past eight years. Obama himself devoted more time to the environment in one speech than the entire 2000 or 2004 campaigns saw.

The Great Communicator

David Kusnet | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


David Kusnet

Whether Obama, like Reagan, will win a clear mandate from anxious voters remains to be seen. But this much is apparent: Once again, a clearly defined set of beliefs has found a Great Communicator.

Obama's Speech, and the Strategy Behind It

Chris Meserole | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Chris Meserole

Obama's strategy this past month is a variant of the "rope-a-dope" strategy in boxing, where you let the opponent throw his best punches, exhaust himself on the offensive, and then unleash a barrage of your own.

Does Obama Have a Mama Obsession?

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Lesley Jane Seymour

Obama gave a huge metaphorical hug to American women in general and moms in particular. I'll admit I actually teared up when he said that the day she died was the worst of his life.

Obama Was Definitely Alright On The Night

Lola Adesioye | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Lola Adesioye

It was impressive, substantive, hard hitting and practical speech whilst still managing to deliver his change ideology and inspire hope for a new direction.

Obama-Biden: A Hope for Change!

Michelle Bart | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Michelle Bart

Denver, CO - Senator Barack Obama not only rocked the Mile High Stadium in Denver tonight he took it all the way home for a touch down! The past fo...

A Presidential Obama

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Stephen Schlesinger

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.

We More Than "Stumbled" On Hope This Week

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

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.

Peggy Noonan and the Two-Headed Bowling Ball Child

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media


Marty Kaplan

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.

Wesley Clark Spotted At Obama Acceptance Speech

Washington Independent | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


General Wesley Clark, whom the left feared was dissed by Barack Obama into not attending the convention, is right here, underneath the stage, in a cri...

Obama Obliterates McCain

Michael Carmichael | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Michael Carmichael

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.

Thomas B. Edsall

Obama Confronts Himself

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


There was mile-high Democratic euphoria in Denver last night as Barack Obama promised to restore the prosperity and national honor which have so grave...

Why Did Obama Barely Mention Foreign Policy?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Lionel Beehner

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.

Reading The Pictures: The Obama Connection

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-08-29-shaw_obama_acceptance.jpg 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.

Barack Obama's Rope-A-Dope Speech

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

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.

Barack Obama: 'Eight is enough!'

Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Taylor Marsh

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

The Mile-High Milestone

Mary Lyon | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Mary Lyon

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.

Obama's Rope-a-Dope

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Tom D'Antoni

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 ...

What Obama Should Have Said

Joe Lauria | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Joe Lauria

"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?"

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

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

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...

OK, He's Earned My Vote

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

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.

Obama Speech: More Than 84,000 Attend

AP | ARNIE STAPLETON | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


DENVER — More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech, city off...