The Hill News

Every American who watched President Obama’s speech at the memorial service for the victims of the murderous rampage in Tucson surely felt a swelling of pride over how that community, and this country, is coming together in the face of adversity.

The president’s remarks struck the right balance between memorializing the victims, celebrating their legacies, and moving that community and the country toward healing after this terrible tragedy.

Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age, but for the first time that I can remember, this president moved me and connected with me emotionally through his carefully crafted words and his demeanor. I listened to most of the speech on the radio, racing home after a long day of work and trying to get there before my own children, three girls, one almost the same age as the youngest victim, went off to bed. When I got there, I caught the last few minutes on television, adding a vivid visual spectacle to the stirring words of our president.

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