Just a quick bit after having just heard Obama’s entire speech on race.  Once again, like his speech on MLK Day, he was fearless in dealing with uncomfortable issues.  You can criticize him for his choice of solutions, perhaps, but you cannot say he glossed over the subjects that matter.

I was awestruck when on Martin Luther King’s birthday, I heard him talk about racism in the black community being a source of the black communities problems.  I was stunned when he enumerated all of the injustices - real injustices - that have been a continual source of anger and frustration for black Americans in this speech.  And when he made the problems of blue-collar white Americans dovetail with, rather than chafe against, the problems of the black community, I was inspired.

Politically, he covered every single issue I could think of that Conservatives and Fox News anchors could have used to dismiss the speech, but he did so in a way that made those excuses seem like the problem we know they are.  I think his speech served both his candidacy and his party and his country well.

I don’t see how this doesn’t change the entire tone of the conversation, if only because his speech turned on so many issues that have to directly affect the lives of so many Americans, including those in the media, that we feel compelled to talk about them.

I’m hoping the entire thing goes up on YouTube.  It deserves to be watched.