Change?

I was a bit underwhelmed by Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night. It was his usual standard fare with a little specificity mixed in but not much. Perhaps I've seen too many of Obama's speeches and have grown a little tiresome of his rhetoric. I actually fell asleep during the latter third of it (doesn't help to be lying on the couch with a comfy head pillow), but I don't think I missed much. I did read the text later on in the evening.

Since I wasn't impressed by the speech I haven't included a video link here. I thought Bill Clinton and John Kerry made better and the best speeches that I saw from the convention.

So my question is: What is Obama's agenda if and when he gets into office? What are his priorities? I know that he plans to get with the generals and determine a reasonable withdrawal time line from Iraq, but what else? It would have been nice to get more specificity on the priorities.

The speech called for change but not much other than the usual change of a change in parties in the Oval Office. What about change from what Obama talks about as the usual politics in Washington. How is he going to change that? I didn't hear much on that theme in his speech tonight. It was basically a safe Democratic speech.

Lastly, I thought the venue was great, and it was neat to see the wide stadium shots with it looking like every seat being filled. I didn't like though the backdrop to the stage. The columns/colonnade wasn't terrible, but it was a bit lofty and conservative. Also, when watching Obama speak, I sort of lost the sense that he was in a big stadium. He could have been in a smaller venue, because during the speech you couldn't see anything behind Obama (besides the columns). I think a more open podium, perhaps with people visible behind it, that conveyed the sense of the event being in a large stadium would have been more effective from a television viewing standpoint. Also, the stage was a terrible mess after the speech with all the streamers massively draped over one side.