Obama towers above Palin; Boehner rises to the occasion
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What America has witnessed in the last 24 hours is a president of the United States who acted like a president of the United States, a Speaker of the House who acted like a Speaker of the House — Read moreSpeaker John Boehner: statesman
By Jonathan Capehart
I'm going to write about all the speeches we'll hear today -- President Obama will speak at the memorial service in Tucson tonight at 8:00 p.m. -- later on. But after watching and writing about Sarah Palin's problematic eight-minute video from this morning, I have to applaud the floor speech delivered by Speaker John Boehner. His tone was right. His words were right. The man known for his bursts of tears didn't disappoint on that score. But the man new to being second in the line of succession to the presidency also didn't disappoint in delivering an address worthy of a statesman. Read source
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