Obama: Rhetoric v. Substance

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nice analysis in the Chicago Tribune of whether Obama's speeches and this hogwash claim that Obama speeches don't contain any specifics:

For a speaker who is best known for his lofty and airy rhetoric, it's an ironic reality that Obama's public appearances very often turn into drawn-out dissertations.

In fact, read side-by-side with the other candidates' current stump speeches, the Obama script makes at least as many references to policy proposals as do theirs.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/02/obama-rhetoric-v-substance/5444/