Stand Up for Liberalism

"The trouble lay in the accomplishments Obama chose to cite--a boring litany of microgovernance that make him sound more like President Clinton than like President Obama. Obama’s presidency has been more consequential than that of any Democrat since Lyndon Johnson, but you would never know it from his speech. During his first two years in office he accomplished more than Jimmy Carter achieved in four or Bill Clinton achieved in eight. But these weren’t accomplishments that made him seem like a moderate conservative or a New Democrat. They made him seem like a muscular liberal."

Timothy Noah at The New Republic reacts to President Obama's speech in Ohio on the economy.