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Click to view this newsletter in a browser  |  Morning Joe Morning Joe View in a browser    Share:             Overheard on Morning Joe Obama rose above the fray Joe Scarborough: "A cynic at home might say, 'How could a president not gain advantage from an event like this politically?'... but I've just got to say, I'm being very honest, I measure this up to what Bill Clinton did after Oklahoma City. And Bill Clinton, while he brought a lot of Americans together, he also took the opportunity to use it go after some of his political enemies. Barack Obama did not go there. And I hope that conservatives who are looking to attack this president take note of that fact. That he rose above the fray..." -Watch video of the Morning Joe panel, Harold Ford Jr., and Tina Brown discussing the president's speech. -Watch the full speech. Tom Brokaw: "He [the president] set the right tone and hit all the right notes. There's nothing in the Constitution or in codified legislation that defines this as a part of the presidential responsbility, but we very often define presidencies by these moments... Last night addressed what is on the minds of a lot people in this country... Republicans, Democrats and independents alike -- they long for the kind of message that the president gave last night." Watch Brokaw on Morning Joe. Noonan on Reagan's line 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall' Peggy Noonan, former speechwriter to President Reagan: "It was from a text for that important trip to Berlin... a wonderful writer named Peter Robinson worked on it. He sent it in a text to the president. The State Dept. saw it the NSC saw it. They went crazy, their heads exploded, their shoulders went on fire. [laughter] They took it out. Reagan would put it in. They took it out. Finally at the end, the speechwriters would put it in the State would take it out. Finally Reagan put it back in, they said, 'Mr. President, what you're saying,"Tear down this wall," is provocative." And Reagan said in response more or less, 'Oh I mean to provoke' ... [laughter]." Watch video of Noonan and Pat Buchanan discussing last night's speech, and recalling details behind Reagan's remarkable speeches. More from Morning Joe Latest video   Video: Noonan: Obama's Tucson speech was 'large-spirited' The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan - a former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan - praises the commander in chief's address at a memorial service for victims of the Tucson shootings, arguing "he got the sound and tone of the presidency right in a way that he hasn't in the past two years." (Morning Joe)   Video: Brokaw: Obama 'set the right tone' in Tucson   Video: America's wars in the age of Obama   Video: Obama puts Tucson tragedy into context   Video: Time wrestles with post-Tucson dialogue   Video: Mistake or deliberate? Panel on use of 'blood libel'   Video: A Daley goes to Washington More Videos Morning Joe guest list Friday: Jon Meacham, Norah O'Donnell, Politico, Nicole Lapin, Ezra Klein, David Gregory, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Eugene Robinson, Terry Holt... Find guests on Twitter Top headlines - First Thoughts: Obama recaptures his 2004 voice - Obama to Americans: 'We can be better' - Text of Obama's remarks: 'Heroism is here' Zeitgeist Video: Scarborough: Jon Stewart 'is so right' See more Mark Halperin's The Page Gibbs Briefs Read more We're on Twitter @joenbc @morningmika @WillieGeist1 @chrislicht Follow us Find us on Facebook Share and discuss the news and go behind the scenes. Become a fan Contact us Have questions or comments? Want a show transcript? Contact us Morning Joe   |   Share:             To remove yourself from the list simply click here to unsubscribe. Click here to manage your e-mail preferences. MSNBC Interactive News - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 Privacy Statement

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