Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 5:33 PM Pacific

The Speech Open Thread

8:22PM Pacific: In one speech, Barack Obama not only destroyed every single argument John McCain has made during this campaign, but he also explained who he is and what he's fighting for.

But Barack Obama wasn't just talking about the election tonight. He was talking about America. He wasn't just addresing the challenges his campaign must confront. He was addressing the challenges our nation must confront.

A conservative friend wrote me after the speech ended: "Barack Obama is going to win in a landslide," he said. There's a lot of work yet to be done, and I don't know that we'll win a landslide, but as I said yesterday, I have no doubts we will win. The question is by how much.

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Here's some photos:

Invesco Field

I'll probably update this post (mostly with pictures), but unless something really big happens, this'll be my last post until after the speech is over, and I'll stick to the comments.

Stevie Wonder is performing now and Al Gore is coming up. Barack Obama speaks at 7:15PM Pacific time according to the C-SPAN crawl (which happens to be the most informative thing on cable television).