February 25, 2009 - 03:18 am
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President Obama delivers his first address to Congress: What the rest of the media are saying

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The New York Times noted that the speech had the feel of a State of the Union Address. President Obama casted aside "pretense and pride" and spoke to the nation with a "generational confidence".

But Mr. Obama skated past his disagreements with Republicans to claim a broader mandate to seize "opportunity from ordeal." Though he pushed through a huge economic recovery package in his first month in office, he failed to forge the partisan consensus he had sought. So his speech before a nationally televised audience on Tuesday was a chance to shift from legislative leader to national leader.

"As we stand at this crossroads of history," he said from the rostrum in the House chamber, "the eyes of all people in all nations are once again upon us, watching to see what we do with this moment, waiting for us to lead.

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