By GottaLaff

Rachel Maddow made two interesting observations a few minutes ago.

1. She is excited because after watching Barack Obama's AIPAC speech earlier today, she believes he is re-defining the Democratic image of past years to a new one: The party of national security. The Republicans are the default party for this and have been for some time, with the most recent emphasis being on good ol' 9/11. No longer, says Rachel. Not after Obama's impressive speech this morning. Watch out, John Sidney McHundredYears (and by that I mean his war stance, not his age).
2. Obama will be campaigning in Appalachia. She went on to say that Barack is no longer looking at the campaign map of 2000 or 2004, but instead, he is redrawing it for 2008, starting with Virginia instead of Ohio.

Barack Obama promised change. He's already delivering.