This years election brought two very good speeches in my opinion. John McCain of course started the night with a very genuine and sincere speech. In comparison to Gore or Kerry, I thought his speech was far more genuine than either of theirs, gore especially. He didn't blame anyone but himself, he took plenty of time to congratulate Obama and didn't beat around the bush in any way when it came to fully backing him as the next president of the USA. He kept it rather short which I thought was an effective way to not make it seem like he was trying to steel the spotlight away from Obama. He was awarded his due time and I think he used the perfect amount. With respect to Obama, despite being a little put off by the massive crowd and unorthodox location, I thought his speech was also good. He payed his respects to John and his family also acknowledging president Bush and his kind phone call. Interesting considering he did nothing but bash bush for his whole campaign. It shows that his speech was based in large part, just like all other concession and victory speeches are, about healing the country and moving together as one. He discussed his plans for the future a little, but was careful not to make it a policy speech. He also used the catchy phrase, Yes we can, which I think caught on quite quickly among his supporters. My only complaint, maybe just a tad long.