In March 2008, Obama gave one of his best speeches, in my opinion, also at Cooper Union, and on the same topic. It’s interesting to hear again this pre-crisis speech, because of how predictive the speech was and how little his thinking has been changed by the economic cauldron of his first year in office.
Here is the President giving remarks today at Cooper Union. A little older-looking, perhaps, giving not quite the soaring oration, but still on the mark he set last time he was in that room. Steady as a rock. The right man for the job, fully in his time.
I used to be dead set against blue on blue primaries, but I’ve changed my mind. I would support this challenge.
Steve Hildebrand, a former top staffer to the Obama campaign in 2008, says that he could potentially run against Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) in the Democratic primary — if she doesn’t vote for health care reform.
“I want to see how she votes on health care,” Hildebrand, a native South Dakotan, told CNN. “If the vote is very, very close and we lose it or come close to losing it, I will take a seriously look at challenging her.”
Hildebrand said he has not spoken to the Obama administration, nor to South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson or former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. He said that if he does decide to run he will have a “conversation with them.” However, he added: “But I would not expect them to go against an incumbent within their party.”
Bill Halter in Arkansas, too. There was a time I donated to Blanche Lincoln, but that time is gone. Now that I think about it, I donated to Herseth Sandlin, too. What was I thinking?
