My fellow Americans. I come before you tonight with an apology – long overdue – and a new plan to restore our nation’s economic vitality. My apology is for the mistaken and misguided economic policies I have pursued for the past two and half years. Rather than advocating for economic productivity, I advocated for redistribution. Rather than risking the wrath of my base, I catered to their worst instincts. Rather than making hard choices, I demonized my opponents, even when they were right. I knew that the United States could not afford its existing entitlements programs, yet I proposed still...