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Hillary concedes
Hearing Clinton praise Obama’s dedication to “ensure the dream is realised” was both refreshing and unsettling. She didn’t quite call him a great man or a visionary leader, but suddenly, he was no longer too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief either, no longer elitist or out of touch.
Oratory’s importance
Overexposure to the primary season makes even the best speeches sound dull. After three months of rhetoric for breakfast and oratory for tea, live from Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, Florida and Maine, Barack Obama no longer inspires like he used to.
© 2009 Andrew Purcell. 