Fallows was impressed by the Democratic convention as a whole:
This has never happened before. Usually there are a number of obvious turkeys among the big-kahuna speakers. This time, the biggest names came in facing very tough tests (how will Bill and Hillary behave? How can Obama re-position himself?) and very high expectations. They aced the tests and beat the expectations in every case.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/08/the-speeches/212323/
