Tuesday night Barack Obama was introduced to Democrats on a national stage and he was magnificent. If this young politician has a gift for policy to match his gift for oratory he could be America's first black president. He spoke very eloquently of the need for a united America recommitted to the American dream, recommitted to opportunity, fairness, and compassion.
His speech should appear at some point on Wednesday at this site:
Obama Mojo
Also appearing ought to be a speech by Ron Reagan Jr. on stem cell research. He gave a non-partisan speech about an issue very near to his heart and one that I hope gives pause to moderate Republicans.
Many of the other speakers were, I thought, damn dull. I was especially disappointed in Howard Dean. I had hoped he would talk about health care solutions and deficit reduction with the passion he mustered during his campaign. The audience showed him the love, but he just shot blanks up there. I guess Democrats were right to select John Kerry over Dean.
Obama, though, more than made up for my Dean disappointment. I think he has that combination of style and substance which you cannot teach and cannot imitate. He needs better timing, to give his audience time to applause, but otherwise he's got mojo.
Here is Barack's campaign site:
Barack's site
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