The text of the speech is amazing–it is intelligent, nuanced, fair, generous, hopeful. The delivery was off-target. There was no energy in that room. Obama didn’t get an applause until about half-way through. I think he must have been having trouble with the teleprompter too.

The speech was typical Obama. Five inches deep and five miles wide at the mouth.

Charles, I disagree. I thought the progression and structure gave it depth and it builds the case perfectly that unity is part of the solution to secular problems. Other than the line about “the Christians in the lion’s den” – that’s from Daniel so those were Jews – I thought it was about perfect and as substantial as his whole campaign so far. That said, I’m going to have to avoid reading about how transformational a speech it was. Greatness ruins every good thing.

What a great speech! It was one of the best I’ve heard in a long time.
Of course — predictably — hate-radio and TV could not find it in their twisted hearts to admit to the speech’s effectiveness and remarkable honesty. Already — they are taking little snippets out of context. What’s new, however. I am praying that the American voters will use some common sense and see just how good a candidate Obama can be.

I just read the transcript for the first time (BTW, video is on Huffington Post). And this?
“We can play Reverend Wright’s sermons on every channel, every day and talk about them from now until the election….We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter…we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies.
We can do that.
But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we’ll be talking about some other distraction. And then another one. And then another one. And nothing will change.”
Brilliant. And dead-on. Regardless of your party or your politics.

It was a good speech. I will still be talking about it days after McCain is sworn in as President. We don’t need the cahnges that Obama and his ultra-liberal politics will inflict on our country. But you know me, always looking at reality instead of rhetoric.

Great speech,and he wil be a great President. John McCain only knows how to get into a war. Obama will be a President for all of America”s citizens. It will be a new day,when American will began to sit down and talk about their differences without name calling. It will be a time when christiians will get off the GOP band wagon,and start promoting the Kingdom of God. For to long christians has depended on the GOP to fulfill the Great Commission The old politic of ole is coming to a close. The next generation will be a greater generation than the latter,because they will depend on the power of God.

I find it remarkable that a man like Charles Murray, whose research has shown such tunnel vision resulting in racial insensitivity (even if his conclusions need to be still be paid heed) was so touched by a man like Sen. Obama who would seem to be his polar opposite.