CNN went into full Barack Obama backing mode following his speech at the Democratic Nation Convention. Most of the panel looked and sounded as if they were moved to tears by his words as they all sang his praises. “Nobody can talk about America like Barack Obama, aside from maybe Ronald Reagan,” CNN’s Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger declared, “And that's what I was thinking about this evening because he described an American that we all aspire to be and in a way we are.”
Borger also glorified the Democratic Party for bringing back American exceptionalism, “What is interesting to me comparing this convention to the last convention … is that this notion of American exceptionalism with the Democrats now saying America is great.”
Speaking for the DNC Borger stated forcefully, “Don't tell us the military is a disaster. Don’t tell us we’re in the middle of a civil war right now. America is great, we just have to make it better. And it’s kind of a—.” “It’s a deeper patriotism,” Van Jones chimed in.
Van Jones was feeling the healing words of the president pulse through the arena, and the party was feeling them as well he declared:
All of those people I've watched through the course of that speech calm down and be called back in by that president. People who are hard core Bernie Sanders people talking about breaking down and crying and remembering what this fight is about. He did something -- he finally got the whole thing turned…
He reminded this party of what it is that we're about, and it was a beautiful act of leadership for the country, but also for the people in this room. You're not going to see the same kind of fractiousness tomorrow morning you saw earlier tonight.