Part 2...

Did Obama just go compassionate conservative on me?

"Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. But we must also admit that programs alone can't replace parents, that government can't turn off the television and make a child do her homework, that fathers must take more responsibility to provide love and guidance to their children.

Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility, that's the essence of America's promise. And just as we keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad."

That's fine and all, but I keep trying to figure out how this comes next?

"If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament and judgment to serve as the next commander-in-chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have."

It is a line that should have come somewhere else...not here. You don't launch into the Iraq war section of the speech with a preface of comparing your temperament to John McCain.

I actually want a president who's going to yell about catching Osama bin Laden, and punch his hand on the table. What is the temperament and judgment of the commander in chief, anyway, Senator Obama? Please, do tell me.