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.
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.
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.
I can't stand to listen to one of his sound bites anymore ..... think my ears would rather listen to Bieber for a week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
He'll be saying anything that takes the focus off his dismal and disastrously naive and empty suited marxist/socialist record.
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.
Actually, he's being tapped to head the Government Accountability Office.