Obama will prove himself in press conference
Brandon Southward
Issue date: 2/9/09 Section: Forum
"Divided we are weak but united we are strong." Obama once uttered those words, and it would be wise for him to do that again.
This will be the most important address so far in this young presidency, and President Obama needs to hit it out of the park. This is should be half poetry, half prose and filled with inspiration and with plenty of substance. The address should be able to lift people up but remind them that there is tough work ahead. He should even have some financial heavyweights standing behind him-people like Warren Buffet, Paul Volcker, Larry Summers and Google CEO Eric Schmidt to reassure markets and the public.
In the end, I am not too worried about the address because President Obama is pretty good at these things. Whenever he has needed to deliver during a crisis or in crunch time, he has come through, such as when he handled the race speech after the Rev. Wright fiasco, the acceptance speech in Chicago on election night, and more recently his inaugural address.
Plain and simple, Obama comes through when he needs to, and I don't think tonight will be any different.
Brandon Southward is a sophomore in political science. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily Barometer staff. Southward can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
This will be the most important address so far in this young presidency, and President Obama needs to hit it out of the park. This is should be half poetry, half prose and filled with inspiration and with plenty of substance. The address should be able to lift people up but remind them that there is tough work ahead. He should even have some financial heavyweights standing behind him-people like Warren Buffet, Paul Volcker, Larry Summers and Google CEO Eric Schmidt to reassure markets and the public.
In the end, I am not too worried about the address because President Obama is pretty good at these things. Whenever he has needed to deliver during a crisis or in crunch time, he has come through, such as when he handled the race speech after the Rev. Wright fiasco, the acceptance speech in Chicago on election night, and more recently his inaugural address.
Plain and simple, Obama comes through when he needs to, and I don't think tonight will be any different.
Brandon Southward is a sophomore in political science. The opinions expressed in his columns do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily Barometer staff. Southward can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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