I thought it was pretty good, though I’m not as gushing as Sullivan. Still, good, and a dose of inspiring, if not inspiration, was needed. In the end though, these speeches don’t matter much. As Guy Kawasaki says, “sales fixes everything” – and so it will be with the economy.
Yes, he is having to fix twenty things at once, and he follows, as Sullivan says, “the worst presidency in modern times”, but that’s why it’s a job.
Personally, I wanted to see him yell “Allah Akbar” and run to hug Joe Wilson. I bet he would have cr*pped his pants. I’m also disappointed that the President didn’t make mention that from this point, I’m to be known as “The Situation”.
Wonkette had some funny live-blogging, too:
9:07 — “Thank you, thank you,” Obama says. This arrogant son-of-a-bitch.
I think Joe Klein summed it up:
This was Obama at his best. He wasn't cuddly, but who cares? He was smart and he was funny--and he was drop-dead serious about the country. The speech should do him some good, but it’s not enough. Now he has to preside, in the true sense of the term.
More serious reactions here.
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