He's the President now.

AT SEP 08, 2012 AT 09:08 AM PDT
What Obama's Speech Did (that all the pundits are missing).
by flashmans ghost


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He's the President now. We elected the young leader who came out of nowhere four years ago, the new inspiring guy who stood up and said, "You can do this." We're going to re-elect a leader with more grey in his hair, who's been through fire, who sees the road ahead and knows how we can get there; the one who knows in his bones how big some of the problems are, but who also knows that we can overcome them.

And who knows that working together to make it all happen will be the adventure of a lifetime, for every one of us who wants to be part of this story.

That's the most important thing of all, and that's what the pundits have missed. The President gave us context, and told us what story we're living through and where we are in it -- and it's a wonderful story, one where everyone who wants to be can be a hero, one where we are on the side of right, and one where victory and joy are within our grasp, if only after the kind of struggle you need to earn them. Maybe it's childish of us as a nation, but we like feeling that just by being Americans, we're heroes and participants in a great and worthy adventure. (Can I have a chant of, "USA! USA!&quot And we're only human; we like to win, and many of us can't help a sneaking liking for being able to identify ourselves with a winning team. Or nation. Voters whose candidates can tell a story where all that is true are happy, enthusiastic voters, and also, we're voters who have a lot of motivation to make sure our candidate wins so we can go on living in that story.

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And the people at Politico who really, really didn't like it? Well. I don't want to be unkind, but I'm guessing that when it comes down to it, they just don't want to go where we're going. The vampires, they never do respond all that positively to daylight, you know?

the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/08/1129165/-What-Obama-s-Speech-Did-that-all-the-pundits-are-missing