Obama's speech may have been the anti-DeanScream

I think that speech, and all the sound bytes that will follow from it, is going to take him places.

...it was very good indeed...

I must say it touched me, he has the fire in his belly and I've not seen it in a long time.

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The page has turned from fear to hope.

Just wonderful. He looked....presidential.

Bill was good at all three. Good luck to obama he's my second choice.

I don't think there's a Democrat alive who wouldn't be impressed with his victory speech tonight.

I'm a supporter, so of course I'm biased, but I thought it was superb. Nice to hear an objective analysis.

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Dean, expected for many months to do very well, came in third (and not even a close third). So his exuberant speech seemed incredibly inappropriate.

I thought that was the huge mistake Edwards made tonight. He was giving a stump speech, like he won or something. He thanked neither his supporters nor congratulated the winner. Very off-putting. It wasn't that it was inappropriate so much as self-centered.

Clinton was in Dean's position: a presumed front-runner, she came in third (though effectively, it was a tie for second): she avoided anything gradiose under those circumstances, and kept it gracious and positive ... and appropriately small. I appreciated her understated elegance.

I agree that Obama's speech was a stunner: one felt as if a historic moment truly has been reached in this country. And he drove home his consistent point about hope: he made it make sense, he made it more than an empty phrase. It was a post-racial, post-partisan, post-everything speech. It ushered in a new generation. For the first time, I actually think this guy might win.

Look at that bounce!:bounce:

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And, Wolsh, I agree: it will take him places.

beside me, grabbed my hands, and said "Come join me in making the changes you have always wanted."
I can say for the first time in a VERY long time, I am questioning who I should be supporting. I need to sleep on it I think.

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feel the bounce :bounce:

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in the canon of great American speeches.

Then yeah, it was the anti-Dean Scream.


The good doctor would be my candidate again if he declared tomorrow. :)

That speech will help make him President. No joke. I work with a group of white, successful conservative attorneys. None have ever voted for a Democrat. Half of them -- literally half of them -- are seriously considering voting for Obama. I truly believe this guy can both lead and unite. He could make the Democratic Party a majority party for a long time. Not a 50-plus-1 party, but a true governing majority. He is unlike anyone I have seen in my lifetime since Reagan. Remember the term Reagan Democrats. Get ready for Obama Republicans.

that reagun was a silver tongued puppet and Obama speaks for himself.

of Obama and honored to be the template for what not to do in a speech after the Iowa caucuses that made it easy for the m$$$$$$$$m to manipulate your microphone.:)

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I thought it was powerful and passionate. The fucking M$M portrayed him as a wack job.

I would still take the so-called "Dean Scream" speech over Obama's tonight.