Joel Achenbach has a good write-up on the negative response of many right wing pundits to Obama’s speech.
Obama says he wants to unite the country. Right-wing pundits say: Over our dead bodies.
Obama gave what this reporter thought was an honest, thoughtful, nuanced speech on one of America’s most sensitive issues. And he did it right in the middle of sound-bite season. (I retract my statement of yesterday saying it was the best speech since Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: It was actually the best since Henry V offered that excellent pep talk on Saint Crispen’s Day before the Battle of Agincourt.)
But a number of pundits on the right really loathed the speech. They have called it dishonest and cynical. They basically say you can’t believe a thing Obama says. No doubt they believe Obama’s latest book should have been titled "The Mendacity of Hope."
This was always going to happen at some point. The big question was how many of the moderates he lost. Ross Douthat respected the speech but is now more skeptical about Obama in general. I was surprised that Michael Gerson went so hard against him.
Interestingly, some Clinton supporters are offering to underwrite a new Michigan Primary. Orioles owner Peter Angelos is one of them, but I won’t hold that against her.
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