Leid Stories - 12/05/13

Five Years Later, Obama Discovers the Race-Class-Equality Nexus

 

On friendly turf (the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress think tank in Washington, D.C.) yesterday, President Obama waxed philosophic about deeply entrenched social and economic problems that require legislative action and political prodding, especially from the affected groups.

Even as he ticked off a list of high-priority items yet to be dealt with by an uncooperative Congress, the cruel irony was lost on him that neither he nor the Democratic Party had much to show for the heavy investment those constituencies have made in them.

The president’s core points are excerpted from his speech, and listeners disassemble them, as only Leid Stories’ politically astute listeners can.