Monday, January 23, 2012

State of the union

  • When he came before a Democrat-controlled Congress in 2009, it was as a newly elected president of historic proportions whose honeymoon had just begun.
  • (USA Today)
  • Robert Siegel talks to NPRs Scott Horsley about the key points and policies President Obama highlighted a year ago in his appearance before Congress for the State of the Union. Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®.
  • (NPR News)
  • In tapping Indiana Gov.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • Justice Clarence Thomas said he could not abide "the catcalls, the whooping and hollering and under-the-breath comments." Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
  • (New York Times)
  • Valentine's Day is nearing, but that's not the reason we're currently seeing a lot of new couples in DC.
  • (MySanAntonio)
  • As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his annual address to Congress, many goals he outlined in previous State of the Union speeches remain unfulfilled.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts has called the State of the Union address, which is being delivered Tuesday night, a political pep rally. For Justice Antonin Scalia, it is a juvenile spectacle.
  • (Seattle Times)
  • Even Richard M. Nixon rebelled. This pragmatic president told his speechwriters in 1970 that he didn't want the traditional "laundry list" State of the Union speech. No "pragmatism," he insisted. "I want an idea speech.
  • (Politico.com)
  • WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama delivers an election-year State of the Union address Tuesday night at a moment when the country is worried about the economy and his own prospects for re-election are mixed at best.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • President Obama will spend most of tonight's State of the Union Address on domestic matters — but he also owes the nation a serious look at our pressing foreign-policy and defense issues.
  • (New York Post)

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