Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Bubble-Pops at Democratic Policy Confab: The Full Speech

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an appearance at the three-day U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Retreat today to talk about innovation and, let’s be real, the very bad economy and the impact on businesses like the tech giant. The confab has already seen an appearance by President Barack Obama yesterday and one by Vice President Joe Biden this morning. Ballmer got the lunch spot today. Ballmer’s message was a bummer, appropriately: “In my view, what we now have will be a fundamental economic reset.” Here’s his whole speech.