Despite the hype, the speech was mainly a rehash of themes and ideas from the president’s recent stump speeches and his remarks were widely panned as overly long by the political press corps.
...Before the speech was over, Politico’s Mike O’Brien begged the president to stop.
◼ MSNBC Panel’s Verdict On Obama Campaign Speech: It Stinks - Noah Rothman/mediaite
The implications are broad. The President will have to continue talking to his base and ignoring the center of this country where elections are won and lost. This is bad news all around for the Chicago team.
◼ President Obama's big economic speech in Cleveland failed to impress one endangered House Democrat, Rep. Mark Critz (D-Pa.), who took him to task for his economic and energy policies. - Cameron Joseph/The Hill
◼ Pity Poor Barry Obama? - Larry Johnson/No Quarter
Watching Obama stumble is not just sad. It is dangerous for America to be saddled by an incompetent at a time of such monumental economic and foreign policy events. Time to break the glass and call for an adult.
◼ MSNBC left-leaning pundits turn on Obama after economic speech (Video) - Jeff Poor/Daily Caller
◼ It was supposed to be an important new speech, but the tweets from the press say otherwise... - Althouse
◼ OBAMA SPEECH 'WIDELY PANNED' BY POLITICAL PRESS CORPS - John Nolte/Breitbart
