DAILY DOZEN: POTUS SPEAKS

Last night, President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office of the White House. The speech concentrated on the Gulf oil spill and our countries need for a true energy policy. Along with video of the speech, here is analysis from various sources:


1. Text of President Obama’s first Oval Office address. (The New York Times)
2. In Oval Office speech, Obama puts focus on energy policy. (The New York Times)
3. Obama talks tough on oil spill. (The Nation)
4. Chastiser in Chief: Obama in deep water. (The Economist)
5. Obama’s Gulf ‘battle plan’. (The Hill)
6. Obama: spill can signal end to oil 'Addiction'. (NPR)

7. Obama promises a brighter day. (Details to come.) (Politico)
8. Make BP pay? May be out of Obama's control. Fact-checking the president's speech on the Gulf oil spill. (MSNBC)
9. BP offers prebuttal to Obama speech. (Politico)
10. GOP chairman says Obama is exploiting Gulf crisis. (The Daily Caller from AP)
11. Obama's Oil Spill speech: What was the point?. (The Huffington Post)
12. History behind choice of venue for speech. (The New York Times)