Swimming Against the Current
June 16th, 2010
The speech won’t set him back. But Bush strategist Nicolle Wallace argues it won’t change many minds, either.
President Obama took to the airwaves from the Oval Office Tuesday night to convince the nation that he has a “battle plan” to defeat one of the most dogged enemies ever to threaten our shores. He spoke tenderly of the plight of the Gulf coast shrimpers; he promised that the government will do what is necessary; he prayed for courage. And despite reports from early in his presidency that Republicans are not “rooting” for him, every American is rooting for our president to figure out how to plug the leak.
