CNN further misses the point.

This morning CNN had a poll asking whether after the speech, Obama (a) either still had more explaining to do, or (b) could put the matter behind him. Given those two choices, it's great that 68% of people voted for (b), but the choices themselves show CNN simply does not get it. This speech was not a rebuttal to a controversy, it was an address to a nation to solve a problem that plagues us. He cannot "put the matter behind him", and that's not the point. That's what everyone trying to declare we've solved racial issues has done, as it's gotten worse. The point is that none of us should put the matter behind us - we need to stand up and make it right.