Barack n Roll!

More than 40 million people tuned in to their television sets in the United States this past Thursday to watch Barack Obama, a man with the oratory skills of Martin Luther King and the youthfullness of, well... his daughters, Malia and Natasha. Thursday night was pretty mad actually, with lots of music playing between the speeches by different people in the democratic convention, including vice-presidential pick Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and former governer Mark Warner.

All were present to hear Obama speak, and to hear others in the democratic party (including formal rival Hillary Rodham Clinton) endorse him. During the convention, many were pressing for more substance, more content, more "real shit". Up until that point many had begun to see Obama as somewhat of a celebrity with little experience in office, and even less foreign policy experience under his belt. Indeed, McCain's plan to make him out as all talk and no action was a smart move, but Obama disproved all of it thursday night.

Obama effectively purged all notions of him being "just a celebrity" with an eloquently crafted speech covering many matters of his platform, including giving set deadlines for meeting new energy standards, budgets for energy research and implementation, deadlines for troop withdrawals in Iraq, and solid numbers concerning other issues like tax cuts and entitlement funds (whatever those are).

The point is, Obama and the Dems are look stronger than ever after this convention, and seem to be on their way to crushing McCain and securing a spot in the whitehouse for America's first black president.

kamster