I’m not a professional speech writer and don’t play one even on the Internet, but this is certainly more the kind of speech and proper content I think should be given.

Whether it is necessary or sufficient to admit fault, I’d have to debate. Whether to open with a personal apology, likewise. POTUS doesn’t stand guard personally, y’know, and the less first-person singular used, in general, the better. Gettysburg Address contains it not at all.

As I said in the last thread, Ambinder must be the biggest idiot since Chaitin (?) at New Republic admitted that he personally hated George Bush, with the logic (such as it is) coming only after. I hope Ambinder sees your post and chokes on it.