The Pros:
Great speech. Very eloquent. Even moving in spots.
The Cons:
Too much covering for Reverend Wright.
He makes a lot of generalizations, understandably there are expectations to every generalization but I gotta call him on one specific one.
"Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition."
Really? I would have swore it was because the middle class, especially former Democrats, felt that the Democratic party no longer supported their interests. Remember that's the democrats, not independents or republicans. (Bbased
on a study where Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, analyzed white,
largely unionized auto workers in suburban Macomb County, Michigan, just
north of Detroit. So how representative it is would be up for debate.)
Bottom line for me: Extremely pretty rhetoric. If I'd been sitting there listening to him speak, I would probably have been moved. But after all is said
and done, I think this speech would've been better if it hadn't come in response to the media or the Clinton campaign pointing out his associations
with the Reverend Wright.
Agreed though, that he has some cast-iron cajones to take on the issue front and center rather than keeping his head down and hoping it would just go away.
Great speech. Very eloquent. Even moving in spots.
The Cons:
Too much covering for Reverend Wright.
He makes a lot of generalizations, understandably there are expectations to every generalization but I gotta call him on one specific one.
"Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition."
Really? I would have swore it was because the middle class, especially former Democrats, felt that the Democratic party no longer supported their interests. Remember that's the democrats, not independents or republicans. (Bbased
on a study where Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, analyzed white,
largely unionized auto workers in suburban Macomb County, Michigan, just
north of Detroit. So how representative it is would be up for debate.)
Bottom line for me: Extremely pretty rhetoric. If I'd been sitting there listening to him speak, I would probably have been moved. But after all is said
and done, I think this speech would've been better if it hadn't come in response to the media or the Clinton campaign pointing out his associations
with the Reverend Wright.
Agreed though, that he has some cast-iron cajones to take on the issue front and center rather than keeping his head down and hoping it would just go away.