Gawd I love this heardline: "Obama delivers TV tour de force worthy of JFK"

[Hepburn]

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered a TV tour de force last night.

I don’t think any presidential candidate has ever had as strong and wide-reaching a run on the medium as Obama did from the dinner hour to the midnight hour. As he shifted programming genres ranging from news to comedy, Obama altered his demeanor and calibrated his performances to the different settings with TV skills not seen since John F. Kennedy.

Obama’s race across the television landscape started with informed and thoughtful responses to some tough questions from anchorman Charles Gibson on ABC World News at 6:30 p.m., and was still going strong as the clock approached midnight with live cable TV coverage of a speech in Florida where Obama was joined onstage by former President Bill Clinton. It was the first time these two men -- two of the most eloquent speakers in American politics -- stood side by side that way.

In between, was the highly publicized, prime-time infomercial that ran on three networks and four cable channels at 8 p.m., an effective and affecting production aimed at helping viewers get to know Obama better – even as it also personalized the nation's current hard times through the stories of four diverse American families.

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http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2008/10/obama_delivers_tv_tour_de_forc.html

I am sooooooooooo proud to be a DEMOCRAT! :patriot: Watching this...and then later watching Obama and the Big Dawg!!!!!

Wow!!!!! :hi:

WE ARE GONNA WIN IN A LANDSLIDE!!!! :grouphug:

[trixie]

1. That is exactly who he reminds me of!

[chieftain]

2. Great post. My son and I watched the Obama special and

then the joint appearance with Bill. My last words to him before going to bed were "Aren't you proud to be a Democrat?" He responded with an enthusiastic yes. What a great night. 5 more days.

[H2O Man]

3. Yep!

My younger son asks me to compare Obama to JFK. I think that Obama has had to overcome obstacles beyond what JFK faced, without some of the advantages that Kennedy enjoyed. Not only was Kennedy's family extremely wealthy, but his father had significant political connections.

Still, as Ted Sorensen has pointed out, there are uncanny similarities between the two.

[Hepburn]

4. Heya, H20!

I remember watching JFK when I was in elementary school. Watching Obama? I get that same feeling of wonderment!

Whatever "it" is, Obama has tons of it!

:hi:

[H2O Man]

5. I remember years ago,

when we were watching an anniversary program on JFK, and my mother was talking about the way he moved people. One of my sisters was there. She had no interest in politics at all, but as she watched film of the President speaking, she said, "Wow. I never realized how attractive he was." Obama has that same quality. (John McCain does not.)