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11:11 PM (3 minutes ago)

Michelle's convention speech
from Ben Smith's Blogs by media@politico.com (Ben Smith)
Blog: Michelle could hardly have done better in the biggest speech of her career. She's been on the trail for more than a year, but still gives the impres

11:04 PM (11 minutes ago)
Michelle Obama's Speech Seems Quite Good
from The Plank by Jonathan Chait

Her voice is quavering, as if she's on the verge of tears the whole time, yet still pretty genuine. Lots of good images of military families, night-shift workers and parents with children. This is Hallmark TV at its best. (Which, to be clear, is still not as good as HBO at its worst.)

It's possible that the calculation was that they had to present her with a soft image, and so they couldn't have any red meat on her night -- that it was worth sacrificing a night to have a knockout Michelle Obama speech. Who knows? Maybe it's worth it.

--Jonathan Chait


11:04 PM (11 minutes ago)
Wow
from The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan by Andrew Sullivan

One of the best, most moving, intimate, rousing, humble, and beautiful speeches I've heard from a convention platform. Maybe she should be running for president. You don't need any commentary from me. This was a home-run. And sincere. Thank God that in the end, the truth struggles out there. Just look at her mother's face.



11:03 PM (11 minutes ago)
Michelle's Moment
from The Stump by Noam Scheiber

Funny, for over a year now we've been hearing how Michelle is the "black" half of the couple and Barack is the one who transcends race. But between the doting big brother and the father who got up an hour early so he could button his own shirt, it's Michelle who suddenly seems totally familiar in a race-less sort of way. No shortage of authentic American stories in this household.

P.S. I mean, a brother who sizes up the boyfriend's moral character over a game of basketball? It's like something out of Goodbye Columbus...

--Noam Scheiber



11:03 PM (11 minutes ago)
"The Night Shift"
from The Stump by Michael Crowley

Michelle's speech has a very Hillary-esque stretch as she talks about what Mark Penn would call "invisbles" who work the "night shift... work long hours and face long odds," join the military and say grace at dinner. Sure enough, she segues right into a nod to Hillary Clinton--and then immediately transfers that mantle to Joe Biden.

And then, the inevitable declaration of her love for America. You'd like to think that's not necessary, but....

--Michael Crowley

Michelle Obama

I thought she did exactly what she needed to do, said what she needed to say and avoided saying the sorts of partisan, hard-hitting stuff she normally says on the stump that would have violated the first-do-no-harm rule. It was a nice speech, well delivered and not so over-the-top with her love of country refrains that it felt forced. Whether it made much of a difference over the long haul I have no idea.

08/25 11:13 PM

No Question

Michelle and the girls were a homerun for Dems tonight. It's no small thing when both sides can talk American exceptionalism. It's a start.

08/25 11:10 PM

Is This Crazy?
from The Corner by Kathryn Jean Lopez
This may be a reaction to having heard Barack give the same speech too often, but tonight Michelle may have topped him.

I Agree
from The Corner by Ramesh Ponnuru
with Jonah and Kathryn. Michelle Obama did not seem aggrieved, entitled, whiny, extreme, unpatriotic, or even particularly liberal. She didn't sound anything like the off-the-cuff Michelle Obama we have come to know. The speech was well-crafted to achieve its goals, and she delivered it well.