There was one line I was certain Barak Obama would speak on this anniversary of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream speech.”  And that line was, “I am the fulfillment of that dream.”  What speechwriter would miss that obvious “home run” of a line?  And when all the pundits inevitably asked, “What was the most memorable line?”, that one would have stood out "head and shoulders" above all others.

But he just couldn’t bring himself to say it—why not?   Could it be because he would alienate a huge part of his base that cannot let go of the past, including their hate for political opponents and the entire country which they blame for all manner of problems?  They would have to admit that things have gotten better even as the greatest and most obvious evidence of that improvement was speaking to them.  But he and they just can't do that and maintain their worldview.