As just one example of how Obama used last night to shift the focus of his campaign, he altered one of the most well-known lines from his primary stump speech. During the last several months, one of Obama's signature lines, used in both speeches and ads, was:
Because we are at a defining moment in our history. Our nation is at war. Our planet is in peril.
It's a line tailored for the liberal base, suggesting that the two most pressing issues are Iraq and global warming. Last night, he changed the line to:
We meet at one of those defining moments--a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more.
This is a pretty clear distillation of Obama's new focus.
