An inspiring speech, again, from Barack Obama - thanking South Carolina for the victory it gave him in today's primary.
An example of what struck me most about the speech: Obama saying we won't let "cynicism" get in the way of our dreams.
Now, when was the last time you heard a Presidential candidate talk to us about struggling with our own cynicism?
This concept - like Obama's ideas and delivery - captures what is different and appealing about Obama. He is not afraid of ideas and concepts, of intellectual positions that challenge conventional wisdom.
When was the last time you heard a candidate address the nation with that kind of psychological acumen? The fact that we have one, now, may be reason to think we finally have a chance to move beyond political expediency and cynicism in our politicians and country.
Caroline Kennedy writes this in Sunday's
New York Times, in a op-ed entitled
A President Like My Father -
"Senator Obama is inspiring my children, my parents' grandchildren ... I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."