What a Difference a Day Makes

In a classic example of IOKIYAR, Mark Levin failed to be impressed by Obama's speech.

I felt the speech had conflicting themes, including Obama's attempts to link our history to his agenda, which doesn't work well. It also started out with a list of liberal economic items which I thought very odd. And the theme that America is facing challenges as grave as WWII, the Great Depression, and the Civil War does not resonate because it's absurd [emphasis mine]— which is then followed by his urging confidence. I think Obama has a hype problem, not just relating to his speech but his presidency. It's hard to actually be the messiah.

I seem to remember (I've been trying to forget) that the Global War on Terror™ was and is the battle for civilization itself. I seem to recall that the president needed to be granted near dictatorial powers to prevent the entire world from falling in darkness and chaos. Apparently, not so much.