UM: Obama Speech

Several national publications report on the speech that President Obama delivered at Saturday’s commencement. The Washington Post described it as “a spirited defense of government … in a direct rebuttal to Republicans and ‘tea party’ followers who question his politics and his priorities.” [Source] The Wall Street Journal reported it as a “passionate defense of government action,” writing that Obama “used the backdrop of financial crisis, a deadly mine disaster and the looming environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico to defend his government activism against accusations of overreach, socialism and even fascism.” [Source]