And now the Obama speech begins

6:15 p.m.: President Obama accidentally steps on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's introduction and starts to speak. Oops. He's supposed to wait for her to introduce him. Pelosi smiles, doesn't miss a beat and introduces him. The crowd erupts (again, or rather, still). He mentions "the first lady of the United States" and Michelle Obama gets an ovation too. His first words are first and foremost, a display of empathy:

If you haven’t been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has: a friend, a neighbor, a member of your family.  You don’t need to hear another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis, because you live it every day.  It’s the worry you wake up with and the source of sleepless nights.  It’s the job you thought you’d retire from but now have lost; the business you built your dreams upon that’s now hanging by a thread; the college acceptance letter your child had to put back in the envelope.  The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere.

He will bring the hammer down momentarily...

--Robin Abcarian

Photo credit: Charles Dharapak / Associated Press

Comments

[larry]

It was one of the best 4 or 5 best speeches I've ever heard by ANY ANYONE! Can he deliver(?), as always, we don't yet know, but, at the very least he has plan to help the middle class. for those who yell "Class Warfare", my question to you is this: " What do you think previous eight years were"?
The times they are achangin'...if you won't help push the cart, at least don't stand in it's path. To quote GWB "Your either with us or against us"...THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND.