Another Sweep

Obama takes the Potomac drainage basin primary convincingly. Looks like he is going to win all two and a half states by more than 60% in each.

Watching his speech again. He's just so damn good. Seriously he is a remarkable orator. He is hitting Hillary hard but always obliquely. Not saying "Hillary is bad" but "young men die in war that shouldn't have been authorized" "same old game taking lobbiest money" "change that polls well versus change we can believe in."

The only people he attacks by name are "Bush/McCain Republicans." He's being more and more explicit on his attacks against people that support(ed) the Iraq war. This serves as an attack on Hillary (basically "I'm more electable because I've never supported the war") and it frames the issue for an attack against McCain on Iraq (unneccessary war, we could have spent that money at home etc).

Overall though, just listening to him, wow what an incredible speaker. He's ok at debating, but just a knock out on the stump. Maybe it's uniquely appealing to those in my demographic. I don't know. But wow.

Update: I think maybe the biggest applause line was "George Bush won't be on the ballot this November." Haha.

Update II: McCain came in and cut off Barack's speech just as he was winding up to the big finish. He cut McCain off on Super Tuesday, which was great. I have no idea if these are entirely serendipitous or if they are planned, but it's definitely something you want to do (or avoid) if you can.