Obama Makes Case for Economy at Home by Pointing Overseas

A month before congressional elections, President Barack Obama is making an appeal to American pride in promoting his economic policies, arguing that the U.S. is outpacing the recovery in other nations.

“Our economy isn’t just primed for steadier, more sustained growth,” Obama said today in a speech at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. “America is better poised to lead and succeed in the 21st century than any other nation on Earth.”