I thought it was quite effective in attacking Republicans, attacking McCain as out of touch and focusing on economic issues, noting that Democrats simply have a better record. There was even some red meat in there. Audience booing when he talked about McCain and the Bush administration. I think he hit exactly the right note.

The few lines on foreign policy were rather less good, and of course there were these repeated lines about America being an exceptional country, beacon for the world, and so on. Americans love that stuff, we don't.