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MICKEY KAUS evaluates Obama?s speech. ?Why, after posing as a practical moderate, go on and on abou?

By Glenn Reynolds

MICKEY KAUS evaluates Obama’s speech. “Why, after posing as a practical moderate, go on and on about the need to avoid timidity and do ‘what the moment calls for’ and ‘history’s test.’ Obama couldn’t let a speech slip by without veering into grandiosity — but this very grandiosity undercuts his attempt to appear like a reassuring, centrist who wants to disrupt existing arrangements as little as possible. Makes kicking the can ‘further down the road’ suddenly seem vaguely appealing.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).