What a great speech that was! When I had heard that Obama warned the press his speech would be "workman-like" rather than the soaring, feel-good rhetoric he has been known for, I was worried. Would it be too boring? Was one of Obama's best asssets, his ability to fire people up, get lost? Would the speech fall flat?
I guess I shouldn't have worried. He took every criticism the right has of him and refuted them all. He went through every major issue facing this country today and laid out what he intended to do to fix it. And if anyone thought he wasn't tough enough to take McCain on on his home turf, they shouldn't have doubts any longer. He told McCain that if he wanted to talk about foreign policy, about national security, or any other topic, he could bring it on. Just because you've been a POW doesn't mean you are the best person to be President. Just because you've been a POW doesn't mean you have the best ideas or the best judgement. Whereas Giuliani, as Biden so amusingly pointed out, couldn't answer a question without using a noun, a verb, and 9/11, McCain has become the candidate that can't answer a question without working in Vietnam, POW and the Hanoi Hilton.
Barack Obama did exactly what he needed to do, and he delivered a speech that I thought was as perfect as I could have hoped for. Congratulations to Obama, to Biden, and to their lovely families!
