Obama's racy speech

I'm usually not a fan of non-policy speeches, but (as read) the oratory in Obama's speech today is impressive. Definitely above the eighth-grade writing level.

On a similar note, I heard some of the Ohio high-school debate championships on WCPN (they were hosted by the City Club) on Saturday. For the presidential debates this year, instead of having Tim Russert search of obscure quotes on Google (ooh, driving journalism!), how about a Lincoln-Douglass style spar between the candidates? Three topics for each debate, scored by a panel of high-school debaters, who, in contrast to TAV might retain the ability to objectively value an argument and will certainly deduct points for off-topic rants and focus-group pandering.