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Obama Attends Star-Studded Ceremony
Obama Attends Star-Studded Ceremony
Obama took in a star-studded opening ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and urged Americans to hold fast to common hopes in tough times.
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Hugh Hewitt: "We Are One"? Speaker Nancy Defarge
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall BlogThe president-elect's rhetoric at the "We Are One" celebration yesterday was superb , and it will almost certainly be tomorrow. Barack Obama is a gifted orator when he's working from a prepared text, and tomorrow's address is almost certain to be memorable. The problem for the new Adminstration trying to position itself in the center and extend to the right is the Democratic Congress and especially its very vocal and very left wing leadership. Speaker Pelosi went on with Chris Wallace and mused about prosecuting Republicans for "politicizing" the Department of ...

Hugh Hewitt: "We Are One"? Speaker Nancy Defarge
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall BlogThe president-elect's rhetoric at the "We Are One" celebration yesterday was superb , and it will almost certainly be tomorrow. Barack Obama is a gifted orator when he's working from a prepared text, and tomorrow's address is almost certain to be memorable. The problem for the new Adminstration trying to position itself in the center and extend to the right is the Democratic Congress and especially its very vocal and very left wing leadership. Speaker Pelosi went on with Chris Wallace and mused about prosecuting Republicans for "politicizing" the Department of ...

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