With much fanfare, Obama accepted his party's nomination at the Excel Energy Center, the site of course of the GOP convenetion.

Matt Burns, the spokesman of the GOP convention had this to say:

"The Xcel Energy Center hasn't hosted anyone who skates and flips as much as Sen. Obama since the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were in town and the Minnesota Wild were eliminated from the hockey playoffs. We look forward to Sen. McCain's visit to Saint Paul in September, where he will accept our party's nomination and offer a far more substantive vision for leading America forward than the spectacle witnessed tonight."

The Power Line guys had some interesting comments about the Big Speech:

Barack Obama's skillful speech in St. Paul last night followed the rich text that had been released before he delivered it. Thematically, it recalled JFK's inaugural address, invoking generational change and offering up Obama as its bearer. Whereas JFK's speech framed generational change defending and advancing liberty around the world, Obama's generational change holds up the causes of retreat abroad and unlimited government at home. The challenges outlined by Obama are to be addressed by government programs in which citizens become clients of the welfare state, as early in life as possible.

His analysis goes further and includes a sardonic suggestion for a stump speech. Read the whole thing.

Meanwhile, Marc Ambinder's got bad news for Obama:

Matt Burns, the spokesman for the GOP convention in St. Paul e-mails to say that the RNC's convention office in St. Paul has received numerous telephone calls in the last few hours from people who identify themselves as Clinton supporters asking how they can help Sen. McCain.

In my humble opinion, Clinton would have been easier to beat but since Obama's the nominee to beat, it's time to roll up our sleeves and get moving.