January 20, 2009

Washington Wire - WSJ.com : President Obama's Inaugural Address

Washington Wire - WSJ.com : President Obama's Inaugural Address

Obama's inaugural speech was well delivered, but what is the memorable line? There isn't one. Nevertheless, his call for citizen responsibility and his clear message to terrorists that we will defeat them were to me the central messages from him.

Pundits will parse every phrase in the next few days. We shall see if the media's love affair with candidate Obama carrys over to President Obama, particularly after the first 100 days.

TV reports 2 million people in Washington at the inauguration, a record.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Big day for america, I hope Obama will change the world !

David Usher said...

I hope so, too, but in the weeks leading up to the inauguration he has been deliberately tamping down the high expectations created during the campaign.