Quick DNC Night 1 Note

Michelle Obama's speech was well-written and well-delivered, but the best of the night that I'm sure no one will talk about was that given by former Republican Congressman Jim Leach. I've never heard the plight of America and what needs to be done to fix it summed up any better. Through historical references, he captured the essence of what politics should be and the disdainful place where it has gone. Here is a man who is the complete picture of what politics should be. He was one of the lone Republican Congressmen who voted against the Iraq War, knowing it would probably cost him his political career, and did it anyway because he knew it was the right thing to do. His was easily one of the best speeches I've ever heard in my young life, and I'm sure most people will not pay an iota of attention to it because of Michelle Obama's. Such is life, I suppose.