ND Afterthoughts

I guess the two things I think about now, that seem obvious, but that were not stressed prior to Obama giving the commencement speech at Notre Dame were:

1. Obama was invited by the University. They asked him to be there. Seems a simple point but I think it was lost in all the pre-hype.
2. Obama accepted an invitation to place he knew would be a problem. It was not a pre-screened bunch of loyalists. He went into a situation where he knew they would be opposition and protests and looked to reach out and try to connect people.

Could you imagine Bush going to a hostile situation to try to win over those who thought different from him?

So much has changed in the past few months. The divisive nature of politics is changing.

You can watch the speech here:

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