impromptu remarks the president gave, if i had to pick out sort of the most memorable moments of this first eight months or so, almost nine months of politics in america, that would be at or near the top of the list. spoke very openly about his own struggles as an african-american man in society, and did so in a way he had never really done, even up to and including the speech he gave during the 2008 campaign when he was trying to distance himself from reverend jeremiah wright. what i wonder is, will we see sort of another step in that progression as barack obama looks to make a piece of his legacy race relations in this country. does he give that sort of personal speech? is it more sort of lofty. look, this is someone we know, you agree or disagree with him, as someone who has a knack for giving big speeches. i do think it s interesting to look at this moment and where he goes as it relates to what he wants his legacy on this issue to look like.
and remember, he chose the lincoln memorial as the setting for a major speech before his first inaugural. this was colin powell speaking on the political effects of these voter suppression attempts by the republican party on face the nation . here s what i say to my republican friends. the country is becoming more diverse. asian americans, hispanic americans and african-american will populate america in the next generation. you say you want to reach ute, have a few message, see if you can bring some of these voters to the republican side. this is not the way to do it. the way to do it is to make it ease yeeser for them to vote and give them something to vote for they can believe in. jackie, does the white house think that the republicans are actually doing the democratic party a favor by taking on, you know, these issues and passing the laws they ve now passed in