Though I may just want to watch ...

And we're off ...

10:18 PM ... Watching how the background actually looks, the Greek temple nonsense seems awfully silly.

10:23 PM ... I think -- not just in the speech but in the lead-up over the course of the afternoon -- the impression of this event, holding it in a stadium, is one of a mass event, an open event, a popular event, not one of grandiosity as many of the critics claimed. (I would structure that sentence better; but I'm trying to listen to what he's saying at the same time.)

10:26 PM ... "It's time for them to own their failure."

10:42 PM ... "John McCain stands alone." Very good on framing (sigh, hate the phrase) the debate over Iraq in which everything is trending toward Obama's position.

10:47 PM ... An echo of the 2004 keynote that put him here.

10:50 PM ... I think he's doing a good job inoculating against next week's attacks (and responding to the earlier ones) without appearing defensive or reactive.