Four notes on Obama's speech:
1. Heavy on economics.
2. A general election speech.
3. Stagecraft: A lot of white women seated behind him. With flags.
4. More on the patriotism/ flag lapel issue:
"I know the promise of America because I have lived it. It is the light of opportunity that led my father across an ocean. It is the founding ideals that the flag draped over my grandfather’s coffin stands for – it is life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."