"He had us before he said hello"

[impik]

... It was, in part, the look. Blue suit, but not the usual blue — subtler; red rep tie, white shirt, a skin color cosmetics and sun could never deliver, and, for much of the time, a big smile. It was the rock-star look in full Technicolor. Everyone else seemed to be in black and white. He dominated the screen and he did it with an ease that stopped just short of entitlement, an ease that said, in Chevy Chase fashion, “I’m the president and you’re not.”

Then there was the speech , soaring at the beginning and at the end, but in the middle a litany of specifics of the kind he did not offer in the long campaign of 2007-2008.


...And then there was what I call the reverse-infomercial-move. Pitchmen in those ads always say, “But wait, there’s more,” before offering you 10 additional gadgets for your $19.95. Obama said, “But we can’t stop here,” meaning there’s more that we — you and I and especially Congress — must do. All of which laid the groundwork for his exhortations – “Let’s get it done” (twice) and, at the end, “Let’s seize this moment.” The Republicans tried to sit on their hands, but the pull of the rhetoric proved too strong and they rose to its cadences. At least on this night, they didn’t have a chance".


http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/showtime/?ref=opinion

[goclark]

1. K and R

[msongs]

2. skin color....? hmm nt

[lame54]

3. He lost me when he said 'Bi-partisan"...

although i hung on and it was a good speech

but the pipe dream of bi-partisanship has got to end

[bigwillq]

4. That speech should be his last olive branch

He really has done all he can do as far as bi-partisanship is concerned. If the repukes aren't willing to compromise as much as the DEMs have during the first year, then the President and the DEMs need to let the American people know who needs to be held accountable (the repukes).

[lame54]

5. hint - THEY'RE NOT - EVER!

[bigwillq]

6. Probably not.

But now it's on them. And the DEMs should hammer that point home every single time.

[Phx_Dem]

8. He's President of the entire country, so if you can't handle his

attempts at bipartisian, you might as well "get off the train" now, because it ain't going to change. Nor should it. he should be tougher on Republicans and not allow bipartisianship to stand in the way, but he should not give up on it.

Frankly, I sick to death of Presidents who cater only to their party, or even worse, only to their "base."

[lame54]

9. not going to change? - that's depressing...

and unbelievably idiotic

[Common Sense Party]

7. Geez, get a room.

[HopeOverFear]

10. K&R