It's a new ballgame, people

[impik]

Mr. Obama is in the house.

[Peacetrain]

1. Amen and amen

[Beaverhausen]

2. If he keeps that up, we might do OK

[Inuca]

5. I will dance with joy

as long as I do not have to say Speaker B and Leader McC (can't even bring myself to type the names in this context)

[Inuca]

3. Quite a barnburner

YES!!!! :fistbump:

[Davis_X_Machina]

4. There was no such speech. It never happened.

I know this despite the evidence of my own eyes, because I read DU regularly.

Because I read DU regularly I know that a tool of the banking and insurance industry who's bought, sold, and just killing time until he can draw fat consultancy and speaking fees after his one term can't actually be saying things like that.

So it didn't happen.

Couldn't have happened.

[Inuca]

6. "this is why I got into politics

this is why I am here" (from memory). I belive him.

[tavalon]

16. What are you talking about?

Obama gives the best speeches around. He is as good an orator as I have ever seen. And thats obvious as well as uplifting while he's speaking, and he often speaks extemporaneously, something his predecessor couldn't do even if he knew what the word meant. I became an ardent Candidate Obama supporter because of a speech he made about racism.

I have no problem with his speeches. I have a problem with his followup.

If you're going to have a problem with those of us who feel we have valid criticisms of the way Obama has governed, at least get your story straight.

[hedgehog]

7. I was going to put all my Obama t shirts away for the winter

They're coming out again until November, at least!

[GeorgeGist]

8. Where has he been?

[Inuca]

13. Milwakee n/t

[pinto]

9. He really did a great job. Hit the big points, hit the Repubs hard and had a great crowd with him.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

[Fire1]

10. We'll see. n/t

[Coexist]

11. that. freaking. rocked.

[flamingdem]

12. Strong strong strong ... even the dog part!! nt

[Clio the Leo]

14. Just because the quarterback's not ALWAYS on the field...

.... doesn't mean he's not ALWAYS playing in the game.

[slay]

15. Wish we had a new pitcher/manager. n/t

pfft

[tavalon]

17. Amen

If I never see another Emanuel in the halls of power, it would be pretty darn nice.

[KurtNYC]

19. and a new scoreboard

the MSM is pretty skewed. According to them, everything bad that happens is bc of Obama and everything good is in spite of him.

[Chan790]

18. It's what he does today that matters.

The speech was great. If he follows-up today to get his cavalry lined up, if he gets a little mean and lets the usual Democratic defectors know he's willing to cut them off at the knees if they defy him, we might just have a chance.

Nobody has ever questioned the President's skill as an orator, he might be the second-greatest ever after a fellow Illinois native.