The best convention coverage here at the Prospect and elsewhere:
How good was Barack Obama's speech last night? Pat Buchanan insisted on reading his favorite part out loud afterward. Ezra Klein's take here.
Ross Douthat however, was unimpressed. Joe Klein was.
Mark Schmitt explains why Obama may have been wise to avoid going after McCain's flip-flops.
David Corn explains why Gore's speech was good too.
The National Black Republican Association wants you to know, on the day of Obama's speech, that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. Which he wasn't.
Kevin Drum thought Obama's attacks were effective.
Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute
Matthew Yglesias explains why John Kerry was such a G Wednesday night. T
I'm sure I'll comment more on this later, but Tavis Smiley and Cornel West need to get over themselves. In the meantime, Ta-Nehisi has the right quote: "Barack Obama is running for president of the United States, not president of the Urban League."
--A. Serwer
