Top Items:
Drudge Report:
OBAMA SPEECH IN FULL: A MORE PERFECT UNION — “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.” — Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy.
Discussion:
Clive Crook, Power Line, TalkLeft, The Corner, Althouse, New York Times, TownHall Blog, Little Green Footballs, Ross Douthat, JustOneMinute, Rocky Mountain News, Crooks and Liars, Blog P.I., The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Hot Air, Confederate Yankee, Redstate, Washington Monthly, protein wisdom, American Princess, NYCweboy, QandO, Donklephant, Outside The Beltway, Taylor Marsh, Macsmind, A Blog For All, Wake up America, NO QUARTER, Brave New Films blog, Roger Ailes, FP Passport, The Caucus, Firedoglake, Fausta's blog, MyDD, The Sundries Shack, Polimom Says, Sweetness & Light, Dick Polman's American Debate, Pam's House Blend, Comments from Left Field, PoliBlog (TM), FREEDOM EDEN, Pandagon, The Strata-Sphere, The Carpetbagger Report, Ankle Biting Pundits, Classical Values, The Campaign Spot, Balloon Juice, Stop The ACLU, Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog, Atlas Shrugs, Joe. My. God., No More Mister Nice Blog, Suburban Guerrilla, Daimnation!, Associated Press and Attytood
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent — We have a full transcript of Obama's big race speech for you after the jump. He's set to deliver it in Philadelphia within moments. — Reading it, you can't escape the fact that in various ways it represents …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Open Left, American Street, Democratic Strategist and Suburban Guerrilla
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Speech — Alas, I cannot give a more considered response right now as I have to get on the road. But I do want to say that this searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, and deeply, deeply Christian speech is the most honest speech on race in America in my adult lifetime.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Tom Watson, NYCweboy, Brilliant at Breakfast and StephenBainbridge.com
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMA'S BIG SPEECH — From Chuck Todd and Mark Murray — *** Obama's big speech: The last time a top presidential candidate gave an important speech on a sensitive topic was last December, when Mitt Romney talked about American faith. His speech drew favorable reviews …
Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Bargain — Geraldine Ferraro may have had sinister motives when she said that Barack Obama would not be “in his position” as a frontrunner but for his race. Possibly she was acting as Hillary Clinton's surrogate. Or maybe she was simply befuddled by this new reality …
Charles Murray / The Corner:
Have I missed the competition? — I read the various posts here on “The Corner,” mostly pretty ho-hum or critical about Obama's speech. Then I figured I'd better read the text (I tried to find a video of it, but couldn't). I've just finished. Has any other major American politician ever …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The speech — He hasn't started speaking yet here in Philly, but Drudge just busted the embargo, so I've posted the text after the jump. — It's quite a speech: autobiographical, embracing complexity, and answering questions about Wright — whose most offensive words, he says …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
CHECKING IN WITH THE OTHER SIDE....I thing we can safely assume that Barack Obama's supporters will all swoon over his speech today. And why not? It was, as usual for him, a helluva good address: intelligent, sane, sympathetic, and broadly appealing. He didn't, however …
John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Obama's Lies — Not so much lies as a sort of slippery sleight-of-mouth.
Obama's Lies — Not so much lies as a sort of slippery sleight-of-mouth.
Discussion:
The New Republic
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
The Politics of Obama's Speech
The Politics of Obama's Speech
Discussion:
The Carpetbagger Report
Charlotte Hays / The Corner:
The Politics of Grievance — Obama is no longer a post-racial candidate.
The Politics of Grievance — Obama is no longer a post-racial candidate.
Michelle Malkin:
Newsflash: Obama says “God bless America;” …
Newsflash: Obama says “God bless America;” …
Discussion:
ABCNEWS, Fox News, Hot Air, Gateway Pundit, National Review, The Corner, Spin Cycle and This ain't Hell …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Testing Of Obama
The Testing Of Obama
Discussion:
JustOneMinute, The New Republic, The Root, Outside The Beltway, protein wisdom and Don Surber
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Obama as Mortal: Blame America
Obama as Mortal: Blame America
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blogs
Washington Post:
A McCain Gaffe in Jordan — AMMAN, Jordan — Sen. John McCain, traveling in the Middle East to promote his foreign policy expertise, misidentified in remarks Tuesday which broad category of Iraqi extremists are allegedly receiving support from Iran. — He said several times that Iran …
RELATED:
Marc Ambinder:
More On Imminent Death Of Michigan Primary.... This dispatch from the MIRS News Service in Michigan (no link)
RELATED:
Jim Oliphant / The Swamp:
Supreme Court hears historic gun-ban case — In what could be a historic decision, a majority of the Supreme Court Tuesday appeared ready to embrace the view that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to own a gun. — While that conclusion alone could elate many gun-rights supporters …
Discussion:
New York Times
RELATED:
CNN:
Archives to release Clinton's first lady schedules — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Over 11,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's schedule as first lady are set to be released to the public on Wednesday, the National Archives announced. — The documents are among those the Obama campaign has long said need …
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blogs
Frank Newport / Gallup:
McCain's 67% Favorable Rating His Highest in Eight Years — Obama has a 62% favorable rating, while Clinton's is 53% — PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain's 67% favorable rating is the highest of any of the three major candidates running for president, and ties for his highest in Gallup polling history.
Discussion:
Weekly Standard Blog, Examining Presidential …, Marc Ambinder, Wonkette, Wake up America, Hot Air and Hotline On Call