WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's national address on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Tuesday fell short of a strong ... delivered his high-profile speech, coming on the 57th day ...

It was a great speech – and yet, it fell short. Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process ...

But the core message of Obama's speech was about more than BP or the ... On what it should include, Obama was short on specifics, deferring instead to Senate leaders. "The one answer I will ...

Read his research. President Barack Obama’s 2014 speech to the United Nations General Assembly today highlighted a number of major crises facing the world today, but it focused particularly on ...

He describes an Obama speech as a reasoned argument that hangs ... just before the entourage boarded helicopters for the short flight from the airport into the city. “Make no mistake,” Obama ...

Patience with the pace of government action is running short on Capitol Hill ... So tomorrow, President Obama will try a little buckshot. In a speech in Washington, the president is expected ...

When I later heard Obama give that speech, I wasn’t disappointed ... As a result, Day 3 of the convention fell far short of the high expectations, raising the question of whether Dems will ...

For no other reason than our own curiosity, we made a tool that will track Obama's speech as he gives it, comparing it to the length of past speeches and the average durations of recent presidents.

When people lament the current state of American politics, they’re fond of complaining that politicians focus too much on the short run. Yet, as the reaction to President Obama’s speech ...

(SOUNDBITE OF INAUGURATION SPEECH) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Progress does not compel ... That's a lot of ground to cover in a very short period of time. But I think we've already seen hints of ...

They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met." The economic record since 2009 has been mixed. After Obama took the oath of office, the ...