If you happened to miss President Obama's State of the Nation speech tonight to Congress, you can find it online at numerous places (including here at CNN).
I thought there were numerous 'take away' points that would much discussed tonight and tomorrow, most of which were included in Andrew Sullivan's live blogging of the event:
9.37 pm. I like the historical references to using crises to make long-term investments: the ability to do two things at once:
In the midst of civil war, we laid railroad tracks from one coast to another that spurred commerce and industry. From the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution came a system of public high schools that prepared our citizens for a new age. In the wake of war and depression, the GI Bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middle-class in history.
This is lethal politics and strikes me as very much attuned to the mood of the public. And how great it is to have a president refer to American history with intelligence and acuity.
Click here for the entire blog post.
Click here for watch the speech on demand at CNN.com.
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