From John Ridley on the Huffington Post:

"If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to 'get to know you.' If you're white and from a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs 36 minutes and 38 seconds worth of an acceptance speech to know you're 'one of us.' If you spend 18 months building a campaign around the theme of 'Change,' it's just 'empty rhetoric.' If one week before your party's national convention you suddenly make your candidacy about 'Change,' that's 'red meat.'"