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I'm seeing a number of conservative reactions suggesting that this speech will hurt Obama. This strikes me as wishful thinking. It would take awfully selective replays of the speech to make Obama look like a Jesse Jackson race hustler just because he acknowledged black anger. You'll be able to find that kind of stuff on some conservative talk shows, with audiences that are going to vote against Obama anyway. You aren't going to find it in the mainstream media, where the swing voters will find it.

Conservatives need a way of dealing with Obama. The polls might prove me wrong about his speech, but surely ignoring the fact that he has a broader appeal than Jesse Jackson isn't the answer.