Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 7:31 PM Pacific

Joe Biden Delivered

8:09PM: It's been interesting watching the FOX Noise crew sputtering forth as they seek to destroy Biden's speech. They are more vituperative than usual...it strikes me that they feel like they've been hit by a 2x4. Brit Hume (who Fred Barnes actually called "Bush" at one point) wouldn't even read the full text of the McCain campaign's response.

Their problem is obvious: they don't want to defend John McCain's judgment, and Joe Biden put that judgment right in the crosshairs.

7:58PM: What a brilliant piece of stagecraft! Rockin' the house!

7:57PM: Barack's on stage!!!

7:56PM: This much seems clear: Joe Biden is a great advocate for Barack Obama. And he knows how to tell the story of what this election is about. His speech began with a deeply personal reflections, and then moved into what's at stake in this election.

The heart of his speech was a direct challenge to John McCain on the issue of national security. He said George Bush and John McCain's policies have made America less secure. He listed example after example of how John McCain's judgment has been wrong time after time, and how Barack Obama has been the one with a better understanding of what we need to do as a country to move forward.

What'd you think?

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Original post:

7:30PM: Hard to beat that introduction from his son Beau.

7:32PM: Who's a bigger ham, Sasha Obama or Joe Biden? :)

7:33PM: A tip of the cap to Bill and Hillary. (And earlier, John Kerry, whose speech was fantastic.)

7:34PM: A knock on Dick Cheney -- low hanging fruit.

7:35PM: Biden's mom is there -- wow! Everybody is going to have tears in their eyes at some point before this speech is over. (That's a good thing!)

7:39PM: Now that's a Freudian slip I can believe in!

7:40PM: The American dream is slipping away -- "I know, you know it, but John McCain doesn't seem to get it. Barack Obama gets it though."

7:45PM: Biden's getting into the red meat -- McCain = Bush = More of the same. Awesome.

7:50PM: It's great seeing a Democrat stand up and say George Bush and John McCain have made our country less secure. He's just tearing McCain's judgment up.