There was no way he could quite reach the summit with this speech. He couldn't please everyone. We're hearing a lot of nitpicking on aspects of the speech. But, overall, it was the most powerful and the most persuasive speech any American president has ever made to the Muslim populations around the world.
Gergen reflects on the impact and reception of Obama's speech to the Muslim world.
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If he comes out and throws cold water on this, then I don't think it goes anywhere.
I think a lot of Americans do see it as disqualifying. And they're worried about it.
But I think, to go to David Urban's point, what was she calling about? Well, she was calling, she testified, because she thought there was fraud that had been committed, and had not yet been explored, and that it ought to be studied before…
I think this the very idea that in 2024, we may have two men running against each other Biden and Trump, who would both be in their 80s if elected, that it too is enough to say, well, what are we doing here?
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