Reactions to the President's speech
Execupundit has collected a nice variety of responses to the President's budget speech here.
I'll add one more from Daniel Henninger:
"As if in some reverse force-field, Barack Obama, who so impressed the nation with his demeanor and stature as presidential candidate in 2008, has suddenly decided to engage the great fiscal debate at the level of a vice-presidential attack dog. Spiro Agnew, the presidency has finally caught up with you.
I'll add one more from Daniel Henninger:
"As if in some reverse force-field, Barack Obama, who so impressed the nation with his demeanor and stature as presidential candidate in 2008, has suddenly decided to engage the great fiscal debate at the level of a vice-presidential attack dog. Spiro Agnew, the presidency has finally caught up with you.
The expectation in Washington was that the president would offer a kind of "white paper" of his views on spending and deficits. What he delivered instead was an invitation to the Gunfight at the OK Corral. So be it. And maybe just as well.
In all the pages Paul Ryan produced for his budget, its most important five words were: "This is a defining moment." The president proved that yesterday."
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