Before we all completely forget last night’s Obama speech, let’s consider this bit of media group think.

Peggy Noonan notes this:

“I’m actually putting a little edge on my criticism just to make up for the fact that on MSNBC last night somebody said, quote, ‘it wasn’t a speech: it was a symphony.’ I’m sorry; I won’t even name who did it. I am here to balance that bit of fatuous — fatuous suck-upping!”

Peggy may not name who said that on MSNBC.  But we’ll gladly name who said it on CNN.

David Gergen:

“As a speech, I was deeply impressed. In many ways it was less a speech than a symphony.”

Looks like the symphony talking point really got around the cable control rooms.

By the way, if you’re really keeping score, where did the symphony idea generate?

Check out the August 15, 1996 NewsHour:

WILLIAM SAFIRE: … We salivate at the construction of a good acceptance speech, which is like a symphony.

DAVID GERGEN: Sure.

And one last thought about Obama’s speech.  Actually, a last thing.

Here’s what he said last night:

I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

The last thing?  Doesn’t that put raising taxes on the list — as the last thing he’ll do?  Tax cut purists would prefer: one thing we’ll never do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

Now that’s a symphonic movement that would be music to our ears.