All eyes on Barack Obama

I've got nothing brilliant to say about "A More Perfect Union" that hasn't been already said. The only thing I'd like to emphasize is this: if you haven't yet watched or read the speech, please do. Since I suspect most people visiting this blog have already done that, please take the next step -- encourage your friends and family to watch it too, so that they can make up their own minds.

The interest and excitement in this speech is just staggering. Within about six hours, over 200,000 people had watched the speech on Barack Obama's YouTube Channel alone. By now, that number must be much higher. We won't know exactly how big the number is for awhile, because YouTube only increases its counter every few hours.

It is clear though that this speech will be the single most watched speech in Presidential primary campaign history. Barack Obama is at the center of the political universe.

Case in point: my grandmother, a Barack Obama fan, missed his speech this morning and wants to watch it. She's got a Mac at home, but normally isn't that eager to use it. Well, my mom just called me and asked me to e-mail my grandma a link to the speech, which I did. I also added a link to this blog, so hopefully she'll stop on by to see what it's all about. (In case she does: I love you Grandma!)