Obama's live speech to the nation's students next Tue is attracting a lot of fire from conservatives who claim that it's indoctrination. But it strikes me as a politically brilliant move. Of course his speech will be apolitical: it's easy enough to focus on staying in school, studying hard, working toward your goals, all that jazz. The genius of the move is that either you let kids watch it and they get inspired (thanks to Obama's hipness), or you don't let the kids watch it, and you look like you don't believe in a positive message of encouragement for our youth.
Apart from the cold political calculus, I think it's the sort of thing that every president ought to do--it's a great way to get kids interested in government and provide them with role models.
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