Speaking of post-speech reaction, Pat Buchanan.....yes, that conservative Pat Buchanan...called it the best convention speech he's ever heard.

Liked this one line from Obama's speech: ""We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country."
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Technically, Kennedy escalated our involvement in Vietnam, Bay of Pigs failure came under him, but his administration did defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis without America looking weak or negotiating weakly, or coming out as such from the encounter.

Still, good assertive line, which the Democrats haven't done enough perhaps against McCain.