The president just earned a lusty boo with a call against "special interests" and the muddy, blurry, shit-covered money sources feeding campaign ads and slimy mailers across the country. He railed against euphemistic names like Americans for Prosperity, front groups for anonymous donors funneling corporate cash into elections. And Moms for Motherhood.

"I made that last one up. But you don't know where this money's coming from. ... This is not just a threat to Democrats, it's a threat to democracy."

That's why, the president says, it's time to vote. He made everyone raise their hands who still has a ballot at home. It was most of the room.

"C'mon guys. Let's go. Let's go. You just got it? How about voting tomorrow then." (Shameless plug: Be sure to check out our endorsements first.)

As for that enthusiasm gap? How could the president not address it. It was in the room, literally. Only half the hall was filled with bodies. But he thundered against it with a call to our own founding and another shout to his (probably slightly overlooked) record.

"Don't ever let anybody tell you this fight isn't worth it. Because of you, there are folks like you all over the country who don't have to choose between losing their homes and treating their cancer. Because of you a small business owner got a business loan and they're keeping their doors open. Because of you, 100,000 men and women are no longer fighting a war in Iraq."

He left the stage soon after. His exit music was a country song, Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America." And suddenly I felt like having a spot of tea.

Oh, and Blogtownies! Stay tuned for Andrew Tonry's special summation of the event later tonight. God bless you and go America!