The comment…
Like the Berlin speech, which has in the end become a liability for Obama, the mass rally [at the convention in Denver] will turn off more people than it will inspire.
… is not unusual.
That it was said by Andrew Sullivan, generally an effusive fan of Obama, is.
(I realize any time I refer to Andrew Sullivan, readers write in, saying, “please, please, please stop writing about him, as I cannot possibly care any less about what he writes.)