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Full text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response — Here is the full text of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress tonight: — Americans Can Do Anything — Good evening. I'm Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.
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Fox Panel's Verdict On Jindal's Speech: ‘Childish,’ ‘Amateurish,’ ‘Not Exactly Terrific’ — Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) response to President Obama's speech tonight received a universal thumbs down from the Fox News panelists, who are traditionally conservatives' most gentle critics:
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Jindal Phenomenon — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — selected to deliver the Republicans' Fat Tuesday response to President Obama — might also be voted the man least likely to let the good times roll. Slight, earnest, deeply religious and supremely wonkish, Jindal resembles neither …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Kenneth Jindal — Close your eyes and think of Kenneth from 30 Rock. I can barely count the number of emails making that observation. I'm told Olbermann's open mic got it right: Jindal's entrance reminded one of Mr Burns gamboling toward a table of ointments.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
JINDAL BLOGGING — “Pre-existing condition”? Is it just me or is this absolutely cringeworthy? I mean, I really don't like Jindal. But this is awful. — 10:26 PM ... Is he going to talk about his work as an exorcist? — 10:28 PM ... Katrina as metaphor for opposing the Stimulus Bill.
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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
Will media repeat Jindal's false attack on Obama, or correct it?
Will media repeat Jindal's false attack on Obama, or correct it?
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Full text of Obama's speech to Congress and the nation — Here is the text of President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress, as released by the White House moments ago: — Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United States:
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Obama's address to Congress... the live-blog.
Obama's address to Congress... the live-blog.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Assures Nation: ‘We Will Rebuild’
Obama Assures Nation: ‘We Will Rebuild’
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Ian Schwartz / Video:
MSNBCer Says “Oh God” Before Jindal Reponse — As Gov. Jindal prepares to give the Republican response to Obama's address, an MSNBC host or producer was heard off camera muttering “Oh God.” — The remark came after host Keith Olbermann paused the panel's discussion as Gov. Jindal was walking to the camera.
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Matthews Not Tingly for Jindal — Listen closely as Jindal approaches the mic and Matthews let's out an exasperated “oh God” before he even opens his mouth.
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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
MSNBC welcomes Jindal: ‘Oh God’ — As MSNBC led into Bobby Jindal's response tonight, you can hear an MSNBC host or producer — which to me sounded like Keith Olbermann — mutter “Oh God,” just as the Louisiana Governor walks out. — Although Olbermann and Chris Matthews were removed …
William Kristol / PostPartisan:
Not a War President — What can we learn from the few sentences President Obama devoted to foreign policy in his speech to Congress tonight? — The main lesson is how very few the sentences were. Yes, this was a speech focused on the economy. But it was also Obama's first address to Congress …
Tim Grieve / The Politico:
A bitter-Tweet night for the GOP — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — As President Barack Obama delivered his unofficial State of the Union address Tuesday night, some Republicans at the Capitol and elsewhere provided harsh reviews by Twitter - at least until they did a 180 to adopt a more respectful tone.
Alan Silverleib / CNN:
Analysis: Obama takes ‘morning in America’ mantle — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama addressed Congress shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, but a casual viewer might have believed it was actually morning in America. — “Morning in America” was the theme of Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign …
The Huffington Post:
Polls: Obama Won The Night — Instant public surveys on Barack Obama's address before Congress showed, by in large, that the public was incredibly receptive to his speech, regardless of political party. But that did not hold true for every single study. — A CBS News poll …
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Senate To Weigh D.C. Vote Measure — Such a Bill Last Heard In '78; House Panel's Decision Likely Today — For the first time since the 1970s, the U.S. Senate decided yesterday to take up a D.C. voting rights bill, fueling hopes that the District is finally nearing its longtime goal …
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth — One idea that elite universities like Yale, sprawling public systems like Wisconsin and smaller private colleges like Lewis and Clark have shared for generations is that a traditional liberal arts education is, by definition …
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Richard Fernandez / Pajamas Media:
Avoiding the End of The World — If possible. — David Brooks hopes to find comfort in Barack Obama's premise that “we cannot successfully address any of our problems without addressing all of them,” but can't. The reason is that Brooks long ago learned to distrust people who thought they had all the answers.
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
A little something for the Teaparty — digg it — Now that Rick Santelli has become the darling of the right wing, he has, with the help of the usual cast of Malkins, organized “The Chicago Tea Party”. Where the conservative swells can gather and proclaim that those “losers” who are in foreclosure can suck it.
Paul Krugman:
Mysterious plans — I'm trying to be sympathetic to the various plans, or rumors of plans, for bank aid; but I keep not being able to understand either what the plans are, or why they're supposed to work. And I don't think it's me. — So the latest is that we're going to convert preferred stock held …
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GottaLaff / The Political Carnival:
Political Carnival Exclusive VIDEO: Sarah Palin filmmaker John Ziegler on dating show — John Ziegler, a former radio talk show host/current Sarah Palin documentary filmmaker (Media Malpractice... How Obama Got Elected) and prime dating material, was on “The New Dating Story” which aired last year on the Learning Channel.
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