Good evening. I'm from Chicago, hometown of the next president of the United States, Barack Obama.

In the 2006 election, Democrats, Independents, and even some Republicans scored a victory that President Bush himself called "a thumpin'." Well, Mr. President, as Ronald Reagan used to say, "you ain't seen nothing yet."

The truth is, the Bush crowd has been giving the middle class a thumping. This November, the middle class is going to...