Wasn’t The Speech. Yes, it was probably among the best political speeches I can remember. Yes, it absolutely set the stage for the campaign. Yes, it spoke to the issues that matter and took on John McCain in a way that had to happen.

But the most amazing thing about last night was all the stuff you didn’t see–the behind-the-scenes organizational skills that pull off a massive event. I have worked advance teams on Presidential elections. Let me assure you, filling an 80,000 seat stadium is an organizational feat. But the Obama team pulled it off. There were no empty seats visible on the TV screen, which–let’s face it–is how most Americans saw the speech. In fact, the optics were simply fabulous.

I believe Obama won in the primary because of his ground game. I believe that is what it will take to win in November. We will see later today and again next week what the Republicans have in store. They do conventions really well. But I’m not sure they have the organizational ability to pull off anything like we saw last night.