Obama Hits Republicans in Starkly Populist Speech

From NEWSMAX:

U.S. President Barack Obama turned up the heat on his Republican foes Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid…

But Obama’s broader message was a call for people to get a “fair shot” and a “fair share” as he pushed for wealthier Americans to pay higher taxes and for Wall Street and Big Business to play by the rules…

Obama used his speech to accuse Republicans of suffering from “collective amnesia” about the recent economic and financial crisis, and he strongly defended his Wall Street regulatory overhaul that many Republicans opposed…

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