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    State of the Union Address tonight

    On pretty much every channel.

    Who will be watching tonight? I for one will not. I think I'll just hit the bed early and read about it on Wednesday.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Quote Originally Posted by louisiana_dog View Post
    On pretty much every channel.

    Who will be watching tonight? I for one will not. I think I'll just hit the bed early and read about it on Wednesday.
    I think I'll just hit the bed early.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    The most interesting thing for me to come out of tonight is whether Mitch Daniels looks and sounds "Presidential" in the Republican response. If he does and gets positive feedback, he may end up running for president. Otherwise, we are stuck with the Mitt Newt option.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    I can't stand to listen to one of his sound bites anymore ..... think my ears would rather listen to Bieber for a week.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    State of the Union? Should be a short address:

    Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States (music and applause)

    Obama:

    Good evening.

    This nation is in deep chit! That's the state we're in. It has gotten worse under my leadership. That is a fact.

    Thank you, and God bless America....[looking up] if You please.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Quote Originally Posted by hookdown View Post
    The most interesting thing for me to come out of tonight is whether Mitch Daniels looks and sounds "Presidential" in the Republican response. If he does and gets positive feedback, he may end up running for president. Otherwise, we are stuck with the Mitt Newt option.
    How can Daniels enter the race now? ALL the states' qualifying are closed. Remember, Newt and a few others missed the deadline for Virginia, for instance. No new candidate can get on ballots now. Except maybe for the few caucus states that are left. Iowa is not the only caucus state. And I think those essentially just remain open. But, in regular primary states, the deadlines for petitions to get on the ballot have passed.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Actually, I think there are primary states that are still open for filing, but Daniels would be hard pressed to submit everything in time. So, more likely he's trying to do what Jindal failed to do last time and setup a national following for the 2016 race.

    Edit: Yep. Can still get in 30 caucuses and primaries. More if he ran indpendent/third party.
    http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf

    Oh, and yes, I'll be watching. The whole "know your enemy" thing. Can never have too much information.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    I will be watching. I'm sure his word cloud will be relatively unchanged from last year. I would normally say the use of I and ME would be up because of the upcoming election, but it's always been pretty high for Obama. I'm sure he will try to sell everything as a positive, when we all know better.

    Even liberals should be getting pissed at him. During his presidency he has increased spending while not successfully increasing revenue. The debt has crippled the recovery. Meanwhile instead of introducing the liberal-preferred progressive tax increases, the cost of goods such as gas, utilities and groceries have sky-rocketed. It will be a hard sell for the middle class, even liberals.

    I'm sure he'll find some way to skirt the lame. My guess is he won't stop at REpublicans and suggest that nobody is really doing their part.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Quote Originally Posted by duckbillplatty View Post
    I will be watching. I'm sure his word cloud will be relatively unchanged from last year. I would normally say the use of I and ME would be up because of the upcoming election, but it's always been pretty high for Obama. I'm sure he will try to sell everything as a positive, when we all know better.

    Even liberals should be getting pissed at him. During his presidency he has increased spending while not successfully increasing revenue. The debt has crippled the recovery. Meanwhile instead of introducing the liberal-preferred progressive tax increases, the cost of goods such as gas, utilities and groceries have sky-rocketed. It will be a hard sell for the middle class, even liberals.

    I'm sure he'll find some way to skirt the lame. My guess is he won't stop at Republicans and suggest that nobody is really doing their part.
    I fully expect him to lay the blame flatly on Congress with extended blaming of the House (read:republicans) as he has been doing heavily since December. He'll distance himself from the mess and say he had all these plans and everything, but Congress (read: House; read: republicans) won't work with him to do what America wants him to do... And more bullshit like that.

    I'm sure mildawg could shed some light if he wanted. Then again, it's probably a day for golf or something else to just ignore the day.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    I agree that he will mention the house repeatedly. Congress has such a low approval rating, I don't even think the Democrat congressmen care anymore.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Quote Originally Posted by JuBru View Post
    Edit: Yep. Can still get in 30 caucuses and primaries. More if he ran indpendent/third party.

    The rumor is that he is being recruited to run by "insiders" not happy with neither Mitt and Newt. Probably just that, a baseless rumor, but it makes for interesting water cooler (and Internet) talk. :icon_wink:

    Daniels did think about running last year, but decided against it. Wonder if he regrets that decision now?

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    He'll be saying anything that takes the focus off his dismal and disastrously naive and empty suited marxist/socialist record.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Read it yesterday. Part typical political BS (credit for Iraq, bin Ladin), part encouraging (helping US businesses be more competitive, increasing oil and natural gas exploration, helping homeowners refinance to take advantage of low rates). But he also has plans for expanding the government by forming two new "economic police" organizations. Basically panders to the left, the right, and the occupy protesters. Politics at its finest.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Quote Originally Posted by mildawg View Post
    Read it yesterday. Part typical political BS (credit for Iraq, bin Ladin), part encouraging (helping US businesses be more competitive, increasing oil and natural gas exploration, helping homeowners refinance to take advantage of low rates). But he also has plans for expanding the government by forming two new "economic police" organizations. Basically panders to the left, the right, and the occupy protesters. Politics at its finest.

    Corzine'll probably get tapped to head it up.

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    Re: State of the Union Address tonight

    Actually, he's being tapped to head the Government Accountability Office.

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