Dear friends on the left,
I understand how giddy you are about the news today that Obama will accept the nomination at Invesco field. I’ve followed your Obamagasms over the past week as the rumor has floated, then gained traction, and finally this morning was stamped in reality.
I get that you are excited that Obama will be able to accept his nomination in front of 70,000 people, many of whom are swing voters or otherwise unable to attend the rest of the weeks festivities at the DNC and Pepsi Center.
Trust me, I get it.
The problem is that this is just another speech. A big one, granted. But it doesn’t make him President. It doesn’t solve real issue. And the ability to actually swing a significant number of additional voters as a result is questionable at best.
Plain and simple, the people who will attend the Invesco Field acceptance speech are only 70,000 people and most of them will be voting for Obama anyway. I guarantee that the swing portion of the state (and realistically, the folks who are practically in a position to attend), Colorado Springs, will not make the hour long drive to go see Obama. They won’t. And regardless of where the speech is done, it will be televised for the nation.
Get that? The same audience is going to be reached in both cases.
I’m thrilled that you are excited, and I’m thrilled that Obama will give his speech at Invesco, but please be sober about this. It’s just another speech. And. The only speech that matters in this election is the inauguration speech on January 20, 2009.
Respectfully,
Aaron