Barack Obama’s “The Speech”

I was an Edwards supporter, but voted for Sen. Obama after my candidate of choice dropped out of the primary. However, even after voting for Sen. Obama, I remain lukewarm towards him. Because, frankly, I’ve found him to moderate his positions too much, while seeming to back away from muscular progressive positions — admittedly, this critique is primarily style over substance. Additionally, I’m not naive enough to believe that one man alone will be able to bring about a so-called “post-partisan” epoch to our nation’s capital; since, at the end of the day, politics is about power, and there’s no way in hell that any politician — much less partisan republicans — will willingly give up hard fought for power. That said, today’s speech by Sen. Obama on Race in America, or The Speech, as some have called it, has raised my enthusiasm for the junior Senator from Illinois.

If you haven’t seen Sen. Obama’s speech, I encourage you to listen to it — there’s a lot here to be hopeful for and enthusiastic about: