Barack Obama's Speech on Race Got an Uncritical Welcome From Some Surprising Folks

Rave Reviews

(Fox News) - Barack Obama's speech on race yesterday played to rave reviews in much of the national media.

On NBC, the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart said the address was, "a very important gift the senator has given the country."

NBC's own Chris Matthews said it was, “worthy of Abraham Lincoln" and "the best speech ever given on race in this country."

ABC's George Stephanopoulos said Obama's refusal to renounce his highly controversial pastor was, quote, "in many ways an act of honor."

And on CNN, Campbell Brown called the speech "striking" and "daring," asserting that Obama had, "walked the listener through a remarkable exploration of race from both sides of the color divide, from both sides of himself."