Despite the wind and rain David Axelrod still gave his anticipated speech at Emens Auditorium. David Axelrod was the Senior Advisor to the Obama administration. The bulk of the speech is telling stories about Barack Obama and the things tat happened before and during his presidency. He made a few jokes, like having to change the speech when he asked about people being their by choice or assignment. It went over pretty well.
He started by talking about the country’s economic crisis and what it was like to “inherit” them, so to speak. Just as they were coming into office economists came to President Obama and told him to they were facing a 1 in 3 chance that the country could fall into another Great Depression.
This knowledge helped the president to make his first big decision in office, the bailout of the auto industry. Axelrod told the audience how calm and concise Obama was at this time. His ultimate choice to bailout the industry was based on the 1 million plus jobs that could have been lost if the American automobile companies went under.
He also talked about Obama and Pelosi’s healthcare plan. The advisors all told him that it was an unpopular plan and he would get a lot of flak for it. But, Obama was so confidant is what he thought as right that he went on with his plan. As time shows, his advisors were right. However, Obama deserves credit for sticking to his guns.
I personally am not an Obama supporter, although by the end of the speech I do have a new-found respect for out president. Although I disagree with some of his policies, President Obama’s his ability to hear all the input from his advisors and still make a confident decision.
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