Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 8:50 PM Pacific

I'm still awestruck

The Bidens and The Obamas

I watched the speech on ABC, and just after it concluded even Charlie Gibson concluded it was extraordinary. He had a look of bewilderment on his face. There was nothing to criticize.

I turned off the TV at that point. I realized I didn't want to listen to anyone else's analysis of the speech. I know what it meant to me, and I wanted to think about that before letting the thoughts of any of those pundits get in my way.

And instead of listing off all the superlatives I can think of, I think the political ramifications of the speech boil down to this: if you can win an election in August, then Barack Obama just won the election.

Update: Andrew Sullivan, brilliant as usual. Now why don't they put him on television. That'd be punditry worth watching.

I'm still awestruck

The Bidens and The Obamas

I watched the speech on ABC, and just after it concluded even Charlie Gibson concluded it was extraordinary. He had a look of bewilderment on his face. There was nothing to criticize.

I turned off the TV at that point. I realized I didn't want to listen to anyone else's analysis of the speech. I know what it meant to me, and I wanted to think about that before letting the thoughts of any of those pundits get in my way.

And instead of listing off all the superlatives I can think of, I think the political ramifications of the speech boil down to this: if you can win an election in August, then Barack Obama just won the election.

Update: Andrew Sullivan, brilliant as usual. Now why don't they put him on television. That'd be punditry worth watching.

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