Obama Speech Today - "A More Perfect Union"

As Prepared for Delivery...

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."

Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.

To read the entire speech or listen to the video here is a link to the Obama website:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBbKG