President Obama traveled to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on Wednesday and delivered remarks explaining the critical importance of raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10. In the course of the speech, the President addressed Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare and talked about the Paul Ryan’s new budget plan, saying “it’s like that […]
In 2004, a one-term senator from Illinois took the stage to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. By the time Barack Obama had finished speaking, Democrats across the country knew they had seen the future of their party. Political speech experts featured in this episode include: Michael A. Cohen: Author, […]
President Obama disarmed a heckler on Friday during a speech to the Democratic National Committee. The President was interrupted at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting by a protester who accused him having a plan for a “nuclear war with Russia.” Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/199614-heckler-says-obama-wants-nuclear-war-with-russia#ixzz2upcsxLbX Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook THE PRESIDENT: […]
President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 29th. Below is the full text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery to the House chamber. Remarks of President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow […]
After Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the Philippines, climate change representative Yeb Sano pleaded with the world to take immediate, drastic action to reduce climate change-causing carbon dioxide emissions in an emotional speech at the UN’s climate meeting in Warsaw, Poland. “I speak for the countless people who will no longer be able to speak for […]