Obama Takes Populist Swing - WSJ.com: "Adopting a sharply partisan and populist tone, President Barack Obama on Tuesday painted a picture of the American middle class under siege from wealthy interests, drawing an explicit comparison to the industrial monopolies of an earlier era.
In a gamble, Mr. Obama largely put aside optimism about the U.S., a tone he struck at his State of the Union address in January, and instead worked to embrace the anger and skepticism emanating from much of the electorate.
Too many children can no longer expect to join the middle class, the president said, no matter if they work hard and play by the rules. "That's inexcusable. It's wrong. It flies in the face of everything we stand for," he said in a speech at a Kansas high school."
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