Best Speech of the Century!

Okay, before you have doubts, I'm just talking going back to 2000 (or to calendrical purists, 2001). The "Temple" motif was all tied in by the ending crescendo of Obama's acceptance speech - it was meant to evoke the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech 45 years to the day, yesterday, ago. Even Reagan-speechwriter, Peggy Noonan, finally made that connection (despite her other criticisms).

Moreover, Barack was tough - If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament and judgement to be Commander-in-Chief, bring it on (okay, I'm paraphrasing some). And he had policy details to answer those who said all he spoke of was "Change" without any specifics.

I don't care what anyone says - the speech had peaks and valleys and built up just right to the MLK evocation. My favorite political analyst, Chuck Todd, NBC Political Director, said that as a speech it was expertly crafted to do what it had to do and he had to hand it to Obama and any speechwriter assistance that it had. In my unprofessional opinion, it was - GREAT!