BY JIM HIGHTOWER Skies were overcast, and the temperature was a chilly 40 degrees in Washington on Monday when President Barack Obama took the oath of office and began his inaugural address. Given his own cool reserve and his first-term penchant for pursuing a tepid, middle-right governing agenda, I didn’t expect to get much warmth from him this go ’round. I was surprised. In these major speechifying moments, Obama’s rhetoric has always soared, but this […]

Obama’s Inaugural Address: Progressive and Presidential
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