“…I’m not going to see this again.”
For me, these 30 seconds say as much about the man as his entire 18-minute Inaugural speech. And the speech was incredible!
His face goes from pensive to a glowing, knowing smile with a twinkle in his eyes. Watch.
“You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course. You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time — not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.”
That was the look of a man – at the ‘beginning of the end’ of his presidency – who is ready to shape the debates of our time. And do so with the knowledge that “we the people” – the cheering masses he was looking out at across the National Mall – are there for him.
I’m fired up and ready to go. Let’s do it, Mr. President.