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Videos from DNC

I found both of these speeches fascinating for different reasons. One, I had no idea Dennis Kucinich could get so fired up (transcript). Two, Deval Patrick's speech has many great moments. I particularly enjoyed:

Barack Obama has challenged us to rebuild our national community. To focus not on the things that tear us apart, but on those that bring us together; not on the right or the left, but right and wrong; not on yesterday, but tomorrow. These are the possibilities Barack Obama asks us to reach for. This is the kind of leadership he offers to bring to the presidency — not because government can solve every problem in everybody's life; but because "government," as Barney Frank likes to say, is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

Sadly, no matter how inspiring any / all of these speeches may be there is no way that the "Politics of Hope" have the same resonance as the Politics of Fear (seriously, alluding to Obama as the Anti-Christ? A little much there guys, just a little).

I thought this campaign might be different in terms of people not playing dirty but the Republicans are incapable of focusing on the issues and who has a stronger plan. Eventually Obama will have to fight back more intensely and I'm sure the media will trounce him for it (despite McCain already doing it with little damnation).