Speeches and more

That was quite a speech by Obama tonight. Nice balance between soaring rhetoric and kitchen table stuff, and I like how he managed to appear post-partisan while attacking Bush and McCain at the same time!

That said however, it was Bill Clinton's speech last night that reminded me once again why he's probably the most talented politician of the last 25 years.

By the way, in case you missed this New York Times story about Obama's meteoric rise, a couple of tidbits stood out for me:

• 8 years ago Obama wasn't invited to the Democratic convention, paid his own way there, and almost couldn't rent a car because of bad credit.


• 4 years ago the speech he gave at the convention was the first time he had used a teleprompter.

Amazing!