me unless he is willing to reach out to republicans to offer them as part of what he wants, some of the things they want to compromise more than he has seen willing to. he says, of course, they won t. they say he won t. somewhere, something has to give or it will be all out warfare. that may be what he wants. bret: thank you. still ahead, president obama positions himself as civil rights icon. up next, we tell obama administration forcing out country top military commanderrers. as we head to break, asheville, north carolina, high school marching band as the inaugural parade continues right in front of the previewing stand. keep it here. special report continues as well. music: make someone happy music: make someone happy it s so important to make someone happy. s so important to make meone happy. make just one heart to heart you - you sing to one smile that cheers you
lots to like. it wasn t a speech that reached out to the other side. more a speech that challenged the other side. to tick off the names of the program brought the speech in the moment of current debate. in contrast to other inaugural addresses that shoot for abstract and timeless level. this speech generally to me felt like more of a state of the union address. more almost a campaign speech. very much in the moment and targeted for the base. bret: nation of takers, was that a paul ryan reference? it felt like leftover from the romney and 47% remark.
government. if there is an issue today, confronting the nation with the urgency than any other, it s hard debt. $16 trillion in debt. we had a few hundred words about that in a much longer speech. the president didn t do himself favors paying so little attention to something on the minds of so many americans. bret: kirsten, he is walking from the reviewing stand to the white house. a shot we don t usually get from the cameras there on the north lawn. but go ahead, your thoughts. the reason left and right say it s liberal speech is not for the same reason. it seems they re unified but they re not. liberals think it s liberal because he took pop shots at republicans and he was progressive on gay rights. talked, he mentioned stonewall, important point of history for gay rights. bret: explain that. it was an uprising at bar in new york city. he put it on the same level as
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union. bret: what about the rhetorical effort that he makes to continue the never ending journey by bridging meaning of the words of the constitution with the realities of our time? the constitution is a living, breathing thing and needs to adjust to who we are? it sounds like what we hear sometimes in those hearings of of the supreme court justices the argument we hear about how they interpret the constitution. sure. that was unmistakable effort to do that. he utah examples true to our creed when a little girl in brink of poverty knows she is equal not only in eyes of god but eyes of all of us. trying to give life to the old words. in that sense throw back to the first inaugural to remake the country.