"Obama at AIPAC"

Matt Stoller:

Matthew Yglesias is pleased with Barack Obama's speech at AIPAC. So is MJ Rosenberg:

This is a good speech. Not perfect. But this is not the kind of full-court pander I (and certainly AIPAC) have come to expect. No Palestinian-bashing. And remember this is what he says to AIPAC, not the Council of Foreign Relations. A good start.

The full speech is here. In foreign policy, tone matters. Of all the Presidential candidates, Obama so far has come the clearest to discussing a different national security posture for the country. He's not there yet. But given the corroded state of American foreign policy rhetoric, I'm fairly encouraged.

Cross-posted at www.seattleforbarackobama.com.