Morning after

Obama's speech:

Flat, mediocre. I'd like to look at it as an editor would. Especially for what is not there. That's the hardest thing.

Slate's Dickerson said it sacrificed rhetoric for substance. But that is what it lacked. He says it was passionate. But it was forced passion. I'm not saying faked. But forced. He summed the passionate tone and feeling, but attached it at random to the words.