“WIN THE FUTURE”Obama’s speechFull text:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/01/25/state_of_the_union_address.htmlVideo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZdEmjtF6HEAnalysis:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_01/027699.phphttp://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/random-thought-on-sotu.htmlhttp://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/obvamas-safe-sotuhttp://news.firedoglake.com/2011/01/25/state-of-the-union-full-text-released/http://www.slate.com/id/2282434/http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/01/sotu-wrapup[Kevin Drum] And a note to John Boehner: dude, we know you're a Republican. Obama is the opposition. We get it. But your preposterously ostenatious boredom during the entire speech really needs to go. You should at least pretend you're not in junior high school anymore. [read on]
CNN is the only network to carry Michele Bachmann’s “Look at me! Look at me!” response to the SOTU – but they also trash her ridiculous rewriting of historyhttp://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/01/cnn_justifies_airing_bachmann.htmlCNN justifies airing Bachmann speech: "Tea Party has become major force in American politics"
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/25/938791/-CNN-defends-airing-Bachmanns-personal-SOTU-responsefailsFox News isn't carrying it.
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2011/01/simple-answers-to-simple-questions.html[Steve Benen] If a liberal Dem announced this morning that he/she is delivering some remarks reflecting on the SOTU tonight, would that also be aired on CNN's national airwaves in its entirety? [Read on]
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/anderson-cooper-wallops-bachmann-for-flunking-history-with-diversity-comments-video.phpAnderson Cooper Wallops Bachmann For 'Flunking History'
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/01/more_bachmann_please.php[HW] But don't you think from the perspective of Democrats, a second Michelle Bachmann response is a wonderful thing, especially with CNN's news people taking the liberty to call her an ignoramus? . . .
Isn't it great that the Republican Party is being forced to share their brand between their faux-serious, semi-coherent golden boy (Paul Ryan) and a completely unserious, incoherent Bachmann? . . . As a Democrat, I genuinely couldn't be happier that CNN is airing the Michelle Bachmann response, I think Democrats should call out the other networks for not doing it
Worth the wait:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/bachmann-denounces-govt-spending-cites-debunked-health-care-myth.phpIn her Tea Party response after the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union Address tonight, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) offered a critique of the President and his policies, and said she believes "we are in the very early days of a history-making turn." . . . [read on]
Wacky!
http://firedoglake.com/2011/01/25/michele-bachmann-doublebuttal-firehose-of-crazy-liveblog/http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/01/bachmann_trainwreck_blogging.phpBachmann Trainwreck
The other Republican responsehttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/paul-ryans-sotu-response-our-day-of-reckoning-is-around-the-corner.phpRep. Paul Ryan (WI) delivered the Republican response to President Obama's State Of The Union, and focused on the country's economic problems and government debt, which he said can be solved through "limited government and free enterprise" . . . [yawn]
No accident:
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2011/01/paul-ryan-vs-paul-ryan/[Matt Yglesias] I don’t have a ton to say about Paul Ryan’s response speech except to note it was odd that he didn’t mention any of the proposals associated with Paul Ryan’s “budget roadmap.” . . .
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/25/938890/-Ryan-on-healthcare-reform:-light-on-plans,-even-lighter-on-truth[L]ight on plans, even lighter on truth . . .
http://firedoglake.com/2011/01/26/there-are-better-rituals/[Attaturk] Poor Ryan, he spent all day lifting quotes from The Fountainhead and shellacking his hair to a Reagan-like density only to be undercut by some discount magic-mirror lady from Romper Room. . . .
They’re still the Party of Nohttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/steve-king-obamas-immigration-plan-is-not-happening.phpSteve King: Obama's Immigration Plan Is Not Happening
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/mcconnell-rejects-obamas-spending-freeze-backs-house-call-for-significant-cuts.phpMcConnell Rejects Obama's Spending Freeze, Backs House Call For Significant Cuts
How the GOPers do bipartisanshiphttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/mcconnell-if-obama-can-be-a-republican-we-can-negotiate-with-him.php"If the president is willing to do what I and my members would do anyway, we're not going to say no," McConnell told an audience . . .
Techno-hecklinghttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/gop-rep-paul-broun-heckles-sotu-on-twitter.phpGOP Rep. Paul Broun Heckles SOTU On Twitter
Mr. President, you don't believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism. . . .Scalia, Alito and Thomas all skip the SOTUhttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/which-supreme-court-justices-are-skipping-the-sotu.phpClarence Thomas’s laughable excuse for failing to disclose his wife’s income, as requiredhttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/25/938615/-Clarence-Thomas-offers-implausible-excuse-for-false-disclosure-reports-spanning-13-yearsI told you this would come to nothinghttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/filibuster-reform-effort-falls-short.phpAn effort to change the Senate's filibuster rules on a majority-vote basis ended Tuesday evening under growing pressure from Democratic and Republican party leaders.
In its place, senators from both parties will soon consider a bipartisan framework, negotiated by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), which include a handful of more modest reforms.
“We don't have an agreement yet,” Alexander told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “We're still having discussions. . .”
http://www.slate.com/id/2282469/Senate filibuster reform yields to stupid bipartisan pantomime
More:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/25/938817/-Sign-of-things-to-come-on-Senate-reformhttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/25/938731/-Senate-rules-reform-endgameYou or I don’t pay taxes, we get busted. The rich don’t pay and they get . . .amnestyhttp://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/01/25/the-rich-are-different-they-dont-need-to-follow-tax-law/How illegal was the Bush admin’s flouting of rules against using government employees as campaign workers? Very
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/how_bushs_political_boiler_room_dispatched_cabinet_members_to_campaign_for_gopers.phpThe report found that the Bush administration regularly broke the Hatch Act, which prohibits the use of federal tax dollars for political activities. The Office of Political Affairs in Bush's White House, overseen by Karl Rove, dispatched cabinet officials to campaign for Republican candidates on the federal dime and forced federal political appointees to attend political meetings during work time . . . [read on]
More:
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/report-bush-administration-routinely-http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/01/25/rove-and-the-escape-hatch-act/“Because all of the officials who were involved in Hatch Act violations described in this report are no longer employed by the federal government, OSC cannot bring disciplinary actions against these employees.”
The next time an abortion doctor is gunned down, don’t blame himhttp://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/new-civility-erickson-says-mass-bloodThe New Civility: Erickson Says "Mass Bloodshed" Necessary If Roe Is Not Overturned
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