Absolutely. Even CNN is impressed at his toughness and praise! OMG!

He was perfect. Even Alex Castallenos (sp?) who is ever negative repub and speech writer for major repub candidates said he was glad he wasn't doing it this Presidential election and that perhaps whoever McCain chooses as VP might not be so thrilled to be chosen (after this speech)!

MSM & Repubs! Wow.

He got in McCain's face on every friggin' issue!

He did us all proud.

'McCain said he'd follow Bin Laden to the gates of Hell but he won't even go to the cave he's (Bin Laden) been hiding in!' WOW!

'America, we can't go back (to Bush, etc.). 'We're better than this!'

Perfect.

What I love is when he shoves the high road right down the republicans' throats. That part about refusing to engage in the politics of personal destruction. I can't remember how he phrased it, but it was pefect.

One more thought:

Steely eloquence. A poetic ferocity. I loved it.

I hope we see this steely Obama ever day from now until November. He really cut that petty McCain down to size.

I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! I don't think I've ever been so proud in my life! Whooppee!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat Buchanan's response? PRICELESS! He hasn't said anything nice about Obama since ever!!!!!

Everybody--

I have trouble being objective after hearing one of Obama's speeches, so I appreciate getting your feedback.

Thanks for your comments! :-)

I'm happy tonight.

Oh Laura, you picked one of my favorite parts, if not my very favorite!! "You're on your own." Since I'm stuck in the 80's, my response to that is: AWESOME!!

But I think my favorite part, was one word: "Enough." It's like "Jesus wept," but more to the point, without all the flowery language.

Definitely an outstanding speech. I'm interested in some of the GOP responses, too, but for the opposite reason. 'Didn't explain anything, still don't know who he is... - those lines of attack struck me as pretty weak from the beginning and they don't sound any more convincing now.

A feast of delicious red meat by the MOST confident and gifted leaders I've ever witnessed. He took the fight to McCain and dominated the night. I love Barack Obama!

Laura, you said you were happy tonight, it's a new day now, still up & very happy also.

The reviews are incredible. Pat Buchanon has given it raves, there is a video, you'll love it. He said best speech, EVER. Fox of course were all sour grapes & of course Rupert's AP, but have yet to find an honest critisism.

PS

Sorry about the spelling, very tired but still very happy

A little shout out to Josh Marshall who actually used the "your on your own society" line to describe Bush's "ownership society" back during the Social Security privatization scam in 2005 I think it was.

A little shout out to Josh Marshall who actually used the "your on your own society" line to describe Bush's "ownership society" back during the Social Security privatization scam in 2005 I think it was.

A little shout out to Josh Marshall who actually used the "your on your own society" line to describe Bush's "ownership society" back during the Social Security privatization scam in 2005 I think it was.

It was lawyerly in the best sense.

It was muscular, aggressive, urgent, persuasion. It was nasty in a good way. Nasty with a smile, and we have the facts, and you are self-evidently wrong, and I am coming after your disgraceful bullshit.

It never made me tear up, or nearly. It was a piledriver speech.

Obama is one of the most controlled public speakers we'll ever see. He scarcely ever emotes, as himself. But when he ripped that line about the lives of celebrities, I could see in his eye a moment of contempt, a deeply personal anger for the people who have trained that shit on him. I loved that moment. I don't want to be inspired. I want us to take them apart.

Hillary's one great virtue as a speaker -- and she improved tremendously this year -- is concision and aggression. Her good speaking is muscular, it's pointed, it's forceful.

We learned last night, Obama apparently can do concision and aggression, brilliantly. His car has all gears. Copped from Aaron Sorkin's Andrew Shepard in The American President.

There's your Democratic Reagan.

We need to say that the growth in GDP did not trickle down to almost all of America's workers, which we see in today's personal income data with a loss of -0.7%, the largest loss in nearly three years. That's a number the trolls will ignore.

You're right -- Bill Clinton showed the picture from an angle the "average" American worker views things.

So what if we keep seeing favorable GDP numbers? That doesn't translate in to being able to pay your medical bills or daycare or mortgage. It doesn't make groceries cost less.

You know, when people are anxious and having real trouble making ends meet, it just makes them angrier to hear the GOP repeatedly and snottily pointing out that GDP numbers keep showing growth, "so what the hell's your problem?"

Maybe the trolls should just keep it up, seashell. They're helping us prove our point about the Republican Party being clueless -- or just not caring.