Skimming The Punditry

Quick!  To Twitter!

Twitter was full of... "well, kind of pedestrian."

Any analysis of Obama's speeches has to recognize that he builds during a speech.  He usually starts out slow and measured.  He's a slow and measured person.

But holy crap, when he gets going...

This convention was a masterpiece of messaging.  How many speeches fed into that one.

Also, he did a great job of turning the "Hope and Change" snark into a paean to America's people, not himself.  That was a great rhetorical device that was the direction of the entire convention.

UPDATE: The GOP pushback is that Clinton gave a better speech.  I personally liked Obama's better, because - while I smiled along with Clinton - Obama's Lincoln reference just gut punched me.

Still, there is an argument that Michelle or Bill gave a better speech.

I don't hear anyone arguing that Romney gave a better one.