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Prospective, except for lincoln's, of course. i thought this was a great speech. i thought it was much better than his first inaugural. it was forth right in setting out a vision of a kind of government that obama wants. in a way, it was, like, it was kind of a liberal version of reagan's first inaugural where he disparaged government. this was a firm defense of a word he dared to use. of clengtive action. and bill the way, that one drove them nuts at fox news. >> well, bob, the president referenced this early in his speech, very much like lincoln did. >> for history tells us that while these ...

Progressives, have been absent from for almost a generation and have adopted the conservative rhetoric. and in this speech, obama came out forthrightly and i guess the thing about takers was as close as he came to spiking a football. but, mostly, his language, mostly his language, though firm and clearly progressive, was nonconfrontational. it was -- he was not gloating. but he was forcefully making a case that presidents, that liberal presidents, if i may use that terrible word, liberal -- >> yeah, you should. >> have been a little slow on making. >> yeah, bobby, i think there's a real argume...

06 our tiechl, not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we list in defense of our most ancient value of enduring ideas. >> welcome back to "hardball," that was one of the memorable lines from the president's speech tonight. well, today, in the speech, the president gave a speech of sbieltlement to the middle class. he also made a historic reference to gay rights, first-time ever for a president. and he probably drove neocons crazy with the term sworn enemies into the surest of friends. it was a powerful speech. but will it stand the test of time? a columnist for "the daily beast" a...

[ crowd boos ] >> they ain't biography it. aarp is a nonpartisan organization. >> time and again this president has dubbcked the issues, put hi own job security over your retirement security. [ crowd boos ] >> of course he said he'd be willing to work with republicans but he has not moved an inch closer to common ground. [ crowd boos ] >> some convention-goers walked out of the ryan speech. it should be of little surprise that seniors in attendance weren't sold on ryan's rhetoric. >> i think they could see the shallowness in some of the arguments that mr. ryan had proposed. the people around m...

Into it. it weakens medicare for today's seniors and puts it at risk for the next generation. [ crowd boos ] >> they ain't biography iuying . aarp is a nonpartisan organization. >> time and again this president has ducked the issues, put his own job security over your retirement security. [ crowd boos ] >> of course he said he'd be willing to work with republicans but he has not moved an inch closer to common ground. [ crowd boos ] >> some convention-goers walked out of the ryan speech. it should be of little surprise that seniors in attendance weren't sold on ryan's rhetoric. >> i think they ...