From CNN Political Producer Rebecca Sinderbrand WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama pointed to the "spirit of America" to make the case for his domestic agenda in his Independence Day radio and Web broadcast. He said the same "unyielding spirit" that drove the pioneers and Depression-era workers was needed now to push for a national health care overhaul, make major energy policy changes, and deal with a struggling economy, he said in his weekly address. "We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it," he said. "And on this July 4th, we need to summon that spirit once more. We need to summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago today." The president's energy and health care plans are currently being considered by Congress, where they have... [read full story]
