On MSNBC, Rachel Maddow reports about 26,000 showed up to remember the victims of Saturday's shooting and hear President Obama's address to the nation. On CNN, Anderson Cooper tracks President Obama shaking hands with members of the audience. And on Fox, Charles Krauthammer initially complains about the cheers from the crowd at the beginning of the speech, but quickly recognizes that his speech was inspirational -- ultimately calling it a "brilliant" speech.
Your thoughts?
Update: One theme that I've heard on both MSNBC and Fox is that while some may have founding cheering from students initially disconcerting, by the time the speech reached it's emotional crescendo -- when President Obama said "Gabby opened her eyes for the first time" -- the reaction fo the crowd become an uplifting, inspirational component of the address.
Update: MSNBC's Luke Russert:
Republican and Democrat, not a dry eye in the arena. Leave it to presidential historians to rank that speech, I bet it'll be high.
Update: Based on comments just now from Chris Wallace and Brit Hume, Fox's party line seems to be emerging -- it was a great speech, but it won't matter because next week John Boehner is repealing health care. Plus, sometimes the cheering students made us feel a bit uncomfortable. But the President still handled it well. Charles Krauthammer, however, cautions against minimizing the importance of the speech, saying it will have a lasting impact, arguing President Obama was very effective and established himself not just as head of party and head of government but also as head of state.
Update: On CNN, Paul Begala said he felt the most powerful part of the speech was when President Obama spoke not as President, but as a father. And Anderson Cooper breaks the Palin ice, playing her grotesque "blood libel" quote. Begala called it political narcissism in the extreme, saying he'd watched it twice today and read it three times and it didn't get better with each rendition. As Dave Weigel tweeted, "Didn't think it was possible for Palin's speech/video to seem even smaller, but there you go."
Update: National Review's Jim Geraghty tweets:
Obama has never been more presidential than he was tonight.
Update: CNN producer Steve Brusk:
Sen. Gillibrand was in room when Rep. Giffords opened her eyes, tells @DanaBashCNN "it was like witnessing a miracle".