Ding Ding, It's On

Just watched Barack blow the doors off the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The speech of course was his declaration of a clinch of the nomination and much much more. It was also a clarion call to get everyone off their asses and get ready for the fight ahead.

He didn't hold back when counter punching McCain's earlier speech and made it clear with the numerous swipes at the flaws in the GOP's platform. I especially enjoyed the reference he made to how his campaign will not "use religion as a wedge and patriotism as a bludgeon". It's good to see he's showing some fortitude when it comes to pushing back against the flag lapel pin litmus test antics of the past few moths.

Right now Chris Matthews and Tom Brokaw are obsessing over the "tactile" nature of the Obama's post speech sweep through the arena crowd. Time to call it night boys?