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• Pennsylvania Night Speeches

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 09:44 in clinton, election, Hillary Clinton, obama, pennsylvania, primary, speech

  The speeches delivered by the candidates last night. First, the winner, Hillary Clinton: Now Barack Obama's speech:...

• Huckabee Responds to Obama's Speech

  Posted on Thursday March 20th, 2008 at 08:43 in election, huckabee, obama, speech, wright

  Huckabee says some supportive things of Obama after his speech on Tuesday: Huckabee's always been a mixed bag for me. On one hand, his fundamentalism and his desire to have a constitutional amendment ...

• Video Response to Obama's Speech

  Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2008 at 14:15 in election, obama, speech, video entry, wright

  I made this directly after watching his speech yesterday, so you can still see the amazement on my face. Subscribe in a reader...

• Focus Grouping Obama's Speech

  Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2008 at 10:58 in election, focus group, obama, race, speech, wright

  Here's what the focus group thought. It's reassuring to see that independents stayed on the upper half of the screen meaning they agree with him: Subscribe in a reader...

• The Political Effect of Obama's Speech

  Posted on Tuesday March 18th, 2008 at 17:20 in election, obama, race, speech, wright

  (Photo: Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times) I've already discussed why I think Obama's speech is historic as well as powerful. Politically speaking, I think it definitely has the potential to b...

• FOX Reaction to Speech

  Posted on Tuesday March 18th, 2008 at 15:44 in election, fox news, obama, speech, wright

  Some thoughts on the media's reaction to the speech. On FOX News, on Neil Cavuto's show, they played some bits and pieces in a deliciously out of context way. They played Wright's "God damn America" t...

• A Sign of Hope

  Posted on Tuesday March 18th, 2008 at 15:18 in election, obama, speech, wright

  I think Obama's speech today will be a success, by and large. I've been following an ongoing discussion of Wright and Obama on YouTube, specifically the Youtube user, cosmodied. You can watch his orig...

• Reactions To Obama's Speech

  Posted on Tuesday March 18th, 2008 at 14:24 in election, obama, reaction, speech

  Some reactions from the speech he gave today: Andrew Sullivan: "This was a testing; and he did not merely pass it by uttering safe bromides. He addressed the intimate, painful love he has for an imper...

• Barack Obama: "A More Perfect Union"

  Posted on Tuesday March 18th, 2008 at 13:57 in a more perfect union, election, obama, speech, wright

  This speech is perfect. It is honest and straightforward on the issues of race in America; a courageous move for Barack Obama. He has effectively made the case that we have to move beyond racial divis...

• Obama Plans Big Speech on Race

  Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 16:33 in election, obama, race, speech, wright

  I've argued before that the best way for Obama to combat attacks on his patriotism that have come from the Wright fiasco is to address it head on with a speech, a medium he obviously is very talented ...

• Clinton's Speech

  Posted on Saturday March 8th, 2008 at 16:30 in beijin, election, speech, women rights

  Does anyone else find it amusing that one of Hillary Clinton's claims of foreign policy experience involves a speech, yes a speech, she gave in Beijing. Granted, it was a very good speech and an impor...