Obama Turns To A New Campaign Phrase: 'Change Is'
WASHINGTON -- It's been a subtle alteration but an alteration nonetheless. In his past two campaign speeches, President Barack Obama has adopted a construct that puts particular emphasis on how his 2008 promise of change has resulted in practical life improvement.

At a fundraiser Wednesday night in New York City, the new line was on display, with the president deploying the phrase "Change is" on a dozen occasions.

"Change is the first bill I signed into law -- a law that says you get an equal day's work -- somebody who puts in an equal day's work should get equal day's pay."

"Change is the decision we made to rescue the auto company from collapse, even when some politicians were saying we should let Detroit go bankrupt."

"Change is the decision we made to stop waiting for Congress to do something about our addiction to oil and finally raise fuel-efficiency standards for the first time in 30 years."

"Change is health care reform that we passed after a century of trying."

And so on.

The formulation actually debuted at a Nov. 14 Obama campaign event at the Aulani Disney Resort in Hawaii, where he declared "Change is" on 10 occasions. Prior to that, Obama hadn't used the rhetorical device at all.

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Too bad that the average independent/moderate voter has yet to see the impact of any of the "Change is..." he is bragging about. Here a few of Obama's "Change is..." that are more visible:

Under the Obama Administration, "Change is..."

  • "celebrating when the Unemployment Rate surprisingly reaches 8.6%"
  • "increasing the Federal Debt in three years time by an amount greater than the prior 43 Presidents combined"
  • "making it legal to slaughter and eat horses"
  • "presidential vacationing in both Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard, instead of Crawford, TX "