Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I roto i tētahi tuhinga i huaina "An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope" i roto i te "American Behavioral Scientist", Babak Elahi and Grant Cos compare Obama's speech to the one given by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2004 Republican National Convention
, e rua e whakamahi ana i tētahi "tūtaki moemoea kōrero". Ka kite rātau i te hurihanga o te kupu a Obama mai i tana ake oranga ki tera o John Kerry, i taea e ia te whakaatu i tetahi tohe pono e kii ana ko Senator Kerry, na roto i tana mahi ki te whenua, he " manene honore ", a na reira kua whiriwhiria e Kerry kia noho hei tangata whenua o Amerika.