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Pennsylvania Night Speeches
The speeches delivered by the candidates last night. First, the winner, Hillary Clinton: Now Barack Obama's speech:...
Huckabee Responds to Obama's Speech
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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"
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
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
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...
