Making his point (ap photo)
Last night during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, he outlined his vision for the future and touched on how Congress should share responsibility for governing the country now that the Democrats have lost their super majority. On NPR, Republicans called the speech a long “political tirade” and accused Obama of still “whining” about the problems he inherited from the Bush administration.
He also addressed the struggles faced by the middle class in this faltering economy and creating or saving jobs for those workers. Most Democrats agreed with the points of the speech, but as Slate points out, Obama seemed to side with the public and reinforce the idea that Congress was the problem. This might have irked a few in his own party.
Now it’s your turn to critique the president’s speech. What did you think?
Loading ...Just for fun, after voting, check out this word cloud graphic from The Guardian that compares the words used in Obama’s speech to those used by former presidents like JFK and Lincoln.