White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home.
Ron FournierEvery now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment.
Ron FournierBlending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.
Ron FournierPresident Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps? Or are we a nation of community, all connected and counting on one another?
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