Here was the problem — it wasn’t the speech but the material that wanted teacher’s to use including reading two books about Obama. That is where the uproar came from and the DOE had to pull back their materials. The speech was going to aim at students helping with the Obama agenda like hybrid vehicles, community organizing, etc. That’s what got everyone up in arms.
The original speech of an hour in length with all the material that was pure liberal propaganda is what made parents upset. That material was pure leftist they wanted the students to use in their classroom.
I know ... and I agree.
The question I'm asking, however, is whether the actual event will end up being politically harmful to conservatives, who will be seen by the general public as having complained about nothing.
I think Obama's going to make this speech a non-issue, and use the pre-speech conservative "posturing" for a bit of standard-issue political jujitsu.
(Yes, I know it wasn't "posturing" ... but the relevant fact is that by making the contents of his speech a non-issue, Obama can believably portray it as such.)