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So, after the doubts he expressed so eloquently yesterday, what did John Judis make of the big moment in Denver?

I have heard Barack Obama deliver speeches better, but...Obama did exactly what he needed to do to set the stage for the fall campaign... First, he focused the campaign on the economy - and did so by personalizing the fear and anger that many Americans now feel. Secondly, he answered forcefully arguments about his ability as commander-in-chief. And third, he invoked his own biography to dispel fears that as a president he would favor one group over another.
Judis is no callow cheerleader. Having written a fine biography of William F. Buckley, he knows how to read the other side's mind. If he thinks it was a good night, I'm inclined to believe him.

[Photo: A member of the audience at the Invesco Field in Denver. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images]

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