In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, The American Prospect podcast, Patrick Caldwell, Jaime Fuller, and myself discuss President Obama’s speech on the economy – and his attempt to channel Theodore Roosevelt – as well as Occupy Wall Street’s success in influencing the political conversation and Newt Gingrich’s odd place in the Republican presidential field.

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Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect. Follow @jbouie