Yes, we can.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I just feel like we've spent the last 8 years with a glaring example of how important the ability to communicate is to the job of President. It's surely not the only important skill, but to me it's high on the list. And in Barack Obama, we would get not just someone who is better than the last guy at it (as if that's difficult), but someone who has the potential to be one of the greatest ever. And not just from an ability standpoint, but from a substantive standpoint. I agree with Alex/John Stewart that what was so unbelievably refreshing was not just that the speech was well written and well spoken, but the content was honest and straightforward, it wasn't tired platitudes or rhetoric.

I felt the same way a year ago when Obama was under fire for some comments about Iran. His response laid it all out there without skirting the issue. That was what initially drew me to him and this speech reafirms it.

That alone is enough change for me to be excited about the prospect of President Obama. Having someone running this country who is willing to openly discuss things rather than talk around things, and to do so skillfully and without constant coaching would mark a pretty radical shift in American politics.