Fyrsti svarti forsetin Barack Obama teknaður sum fyrsti amerikanski forsetin yvirhøvur George Washington á forsíðuni á The New Yorker fyri einum ári síðani, og samstundis avmyndaður á teldu og sjónvarpi heima í stovuni í Tórsbyrgi. Í retorikki fevnir Obama um allar teir stóru talararnar, serliga Martin Luther King og John F. Kennedy og hansara alter ego Ted Sorensen (Mynd: New Yorker og Birgir Kruse) Røða forsetans State of the Union , ið varð hildin 27. januar 2010, taldi 7000 orð og vardi 75 minuttir: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They have done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility. And they have done so in the midst of war and depression; at moments of great strife and great struggle. It’s tempting to l