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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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Jindal's Response... Awful. He walked out like an earnest dork and has a weird inflection, trying to sound upbeat and sunny when it's clearly not his natural metier. It sounds false, and he looks false. — I don't care how much of a star Jindal is, America doesn't elect somewhat-off dorks as president.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Jindal's response: Panned, seared — Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) hoped to step into the national spotlight Tuesday night to sound a hopeful yet defiant note in countering President Barack Obama as the GOP's fresh and exciting face. — Instead, he got panned.
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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:
Spectator:
The Age Of Obama — WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress February 24, 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. — And so it begins. The contrast between Barack Obama last night and George W Bush was striking.
Ian Schwartz / Video:
MSNBCer Says “Oh God” Before Jindal Response — 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.
Think Progress:
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:
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
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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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:Kenneth Jindal — Close your eyes and think of Kenneth from 30 Rock.
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Jonathan Singer / MyDD:On Bobby Jindal
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Positive Reception For Obama Address — UPDATED WITH FINAL RESULTS CBS News and Knowledge Networks held a nationally representative poll of 534 people who watched President Obama give his address to Congress to gauge their reaction in the minutes after the president's speech.
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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 Politico:
What Obama really meant — President Obama's maiden speech to Congress was loaded with durable lines, many aimed with precision at specific audiences or political objectives. As is often the case, the most memorable lines were often written with subtlety and delicacy to keep the speech above petty politics and blame-casting.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Byrd: Obama in power grab — Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama's appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch.
Reuters:
Wall St. drops after data, banks fall — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks added to losses on Wednesday after data showed the pace of existing home sales unexpectedly fell in January, while bank shares slid on continuing worries over the fate of the sector. — The tone was set early …
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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 …
Lynnley Browning / New York Times:
Group of Rich Americans Sues UBS to Keep Names Secret in Tax Case — UBS was sued on Tuesday in a Swiss federal court by wealthy American clients seeking to prevent the disclosure of their identities as part of a tax-evasion investigation by the United States Justice Department.
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Setbacks for Coleman grow at Senate recount trial — Attorneys for Norm Coleman conferred Tuesday during the recount trial in St. Paul. Tony Trimble is at left, Ben Ginsberg is at right and Joe Friedberg has his back to the camera. — Judges allowed marks to be removed and heard other ballots were properly rejected.
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Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
Washington Post Co. Earnings Decline 77 Percent — The Washington Post Co. earnings fell 77 percent in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2007, as a large impairment charge drove down net income. — The Post Co. reported fourth-quarter net income of $18.8 million …
Marcus Stern / ProPublica:
Corruption Touched CIA's Covert Operations — Paramilitary agents for the CIA's super-secret Special Activities Division, or SAD, perform raids, ambushes, abductions and other difficult chores overseas, including infiltrating countries to “light up” targets from the ground for air-to-ground missile strikes.
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Rep. Flake targets earmarks amidst PMA controversy — Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), the House's most vocal critic of pork barrel spending, is trying to shake the ethics committee into action on the link between earmarks and campaign contributors. — Flake has seized on the public corruption investigation …
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Conor Clarke / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
America invented everything — Two of Obama's claims from the SOTU: … and … After a period of prolonged study and meditation (ie, I consulted Wikipedia for 45 minutes after the speech), I have concluded that these claims are questionable at best and false at worst.
Gabriel Schoenfeld / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Intelligence Choice — The president picks a China apologist and Israel basher to write his intelligence summaries. — During the presidential campaign, a constant refrain of Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates was that the Bush administration had severely politicized intelligence …
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Will's “final thought” on Obama speech: “I don't know when men started to hug each other, but hug they do, and look at that”
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
15 Things We Learned About Barack Obama in His Speech — 1. He smartly plans to ignore the media's fetishistic obsession with how he balances optimism and realism. — 2. Michelle Obama (and her popularity) will not go unused by the administration as a valuable asset.
Michael Silence / Associated Press:
Lawmakers looking to muzzle gun records — Well, as predicted, here it is. It's a shame the story doesn't mention the incredible blogger traffic this issue has generated. — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are ready again to try to muzzle state records that list who has a permit …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Like Having Medicare? Then Taxes Must Rise — Toward the end of Monday's meetings on fiscal responsibility at the White House, Senator Kent Conrad stood up and produced a little bolt of honesty. “Revenue is the thing almost nobody wants to talk about,” said Mr. Conrad, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
New York Times:
Strikes Worsen Qaeda Threat, Pakistan Says — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American missile strikes have reduced Al Qaeda's global reach but heightened the threat to Pakistan as the group disperses its cells here and fights to maintain its sanctuaries, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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