[roamer_1]

[...] that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are and why we have to make sure those institutions are matching up with those values."

PSST! It isn't a "speaking (telling)" problem... It's a "listening" one...

[kiltie65]

I picked up on that bit about “not speaking directly to the American people and their core values”, too. The Obummer is never off the TV...speaking ad infinitum. Less talk and more action might make for some “change”...but unfortunately, I have little “hope” it will be the kind of change anybody wants.