How would you rate President Obama's inauguration speech?

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The Detroit News
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. President Barack Obama's inaugural address perfectly judged what the nation needs at this moment: Inspiration and a challenge.
	1/26/2009 1:42:00 PM

Charles Krauthammer
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. It was so rhetorically flat, so lacking in rhythm and cadence, one almost has to believe he did it on purpose
	1/26/2009 1:40:57 PM

Michael Gerson
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. Amazingly, inexplicably -- uneven in its quality.
	1/26/2009 9:59:42 AM

George W. Bush
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. 'That was a hell of a speech'
	1/26/2009 9:59:34 AM

Bill Schneider
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "At a time of mounting national anxiety, cool is good."
	1/26/2009 9:27:52 AM

Arianna Huffington
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "The most compelling moment was when he quoted scripture and he said it's time to give up childish things."
	1/26/2009 9:27:19 AM

Wynton Hall
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "An Army of Clichés Marching Across the Presidential Palate: Clichéd, surprisingly dull, naive, and memorable only insofar as it was forgettable."
	1/26/2009 9:26:43 AM

Bob Woodward
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "I thought the inaugural address -- it didn't rise to high rhetoric. But on rereading it, there's a lot in there that actually..."
	1/26/2009 9:25:03 AM

Tavis Smiley
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "He did a good job in his speech of managing expectations on the one hand, but at the same time giving us enough to hold him accountable to."
	1/26/2009 9:24:10 AM

John McCain
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "I thought the president's speech was excellent."
	1/24/2009 2:39:22 PM

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "Unbelievably beautiful and so inspiring"
	1/24/2009 2:11:47 PM

Rush Limbaugh
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "The Truth About Obama's Speech: ...the rhythm that has been part of his speeches throughout the campaign just wasn't here today."
	1/23/2009 10:54:06 AM

Thomas Sowell
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "As a speech, it was the best inaugural address since Ronald Reagan."
	1/23/2009 10:52:43 AM

Michael Medved
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "Inaugural Incoherence: Reassuring Substance Meets Pedestrian Style - Here, the wording counts as not just imprecise but downright puerile."
	1/23/2009 10:52:17 AM

Dennis Prager
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "Obama’s Inaugural Address Short on Inspiration: There was almost nothing to cheer."
	1/23/2009 10:51:53 AM

Ben Shapiro
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "Obama’s Inaugural: Hubris Will Bring Him Down"
	1/23/2009 10:51:28 AM

Michael Reagan
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "Great Orator, Poor Speech: ...widely touted to be another stunning example of exalted oratory, just plain fell flat."
	1/23/2009 10:50:50 AM

Cal Thomas
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "Significance of the moment: Words ought to mean something. What does he mean by his?"
	1/23/2009 10:50:28 AM

Michael Wolff (journalist)
	President Obama's inauguration speech was bad. "Clichéd, abstract, predictable"
	1/23/2009 9:45:15 AM

Christopher Buckley
	President Obama's inauguration speech was good. "excellent"
	1/23/2009 9:44:16 AM