Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barack Obama speech at Tucson memorial
It isn't clear what we would merge this into: there is way too much information to actually include it all in 2011 Tucson shootings, and it would likewise swamp Reactions to the 2011 Tucson shooting.  Also, right now, there's evidence (documented in the article) that beyond being a mere reaction to the shootings, the speech had a discernable political effect that went beyond the shootings themselves. Obama has experienced a polling bounce, and the speech was universally and strongly praised. It will be long-remembered, almost certainly more so than his Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, February 2009|2009 State of the Union stand-in, which has its own article. The Tucson speech may actualy be looked back on as a turning point in Obama's presidency, and there's no reason to pre-judge this out of a concern about |recentism. |There is no deadline, after all
— User:AndySimpson, 03:35, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:RECENT||WP:DEADLINE (Wikipedia:Recentism)