Obama's Week
In case you missed it, Obama is giving a series of speeches in the runup to July 4. Yesterday's speech was about patriotism. Today's is about faith, specifically expanding and changing the focus of the President's faith-based funding program.

This part of the campaign might be a little bumpy for those of us who are unabashed liberals, not that there was anything in the first speech I find objectionable. (and not much in the second either) Like Atrios says, Obama's not trying to get our vote anymore. He's got it. Others still need to be convinced if he's going to win. It makes perfect sense, and doesn't mean he's excessively pandering. It just means he's shaping emphasizing his convictions with strategy.