I liked seeing that Barack Obama again. I liked the lump I felt in my throat again, as he sought to uplift and inspire and lead. I appreciated very much how Ted Kennedy's memory was invoked, his family and still-grieving widow Vicki present as reinforcements. We need that. We need to focus on that. We need to push forward, fueled on that extended combined image of grandeur on display, and yes, ponder the alternative à ?? perhaps embodied in the contrasting nastiness and impropriety of the President's heckler. Maybe that was Obama's main message, even as he debunked the falsehoods and recalled individual worst-case scenarios. To paraphrase an old - and effective - Clinton campaign slogan, it's the character, stupid, despite all the evidence of how much still ails America.
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