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Obama on Warpath Pleases, Worries Pundits

It was the right speech ... the speech Dem had to give ... a mashup of speeches ...

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 29, 2008 1:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – The chattering class saw strength—even Rovian aggression—in Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, for better or worse. A sampling of what observers are saying:

The Democratic nominee managed to be about voters, not himself, magnificently deflecting John McCain’s entire “celebrity” narrative, Michael

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It was the right speech ... the speech Dem had to give ... a mashup of speeches ...

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