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Text: Obama's State of the Union Address — Following is the prepared text of President Obama's State of the Union address, delivered Jan. 27, 2010, as released by the White House: — Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
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Martin Kady II / Politico Live's Blog:
Justice Alito mouths ‘not true’ — POLITICO's Kasie Hunt, who's in the House chamber, reports that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words “not true” when President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision. — “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century …
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Justice Alito's Reaction — There was the president, and there were six members of the Supreme Court. The few words from the one to the others went by quickly. The president's tone was mild compared to the animation in some other parts of the speech, and I thought he looked momentarily awkward.
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Randy Barnett / The Politico:
State of the Union: How did he do? — Professor, Georgetown University Law Center : — In the history of the State of the Union has any President ever called out the Supreme Court by name, and egged on the Congress to jeer a Supreme Court decision, while the Justices were seated politely …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
SOTU Live Blog — Alito shakes heading, mouthing “not true,” as Obama says recent Supreme Court decision will let lobbyists and corporations own our elections. Highly inappropriate for Alito to do this. You'll notice the Sup Ct doesn't even clap when the president enters.
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Barack Obama: “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections.” — On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling striking …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
“Not true”: Alito mouths words as Obama hammers Supreme Court — He's on the far left of your screen, seated to the right of Sotomayor. Politico's calling it his Joe Wilson moment. — When you hear the president of the United States demagoging the First Amendment, you sit there and you take it, son.
National Review:
Enter Your E-Mail Address to Sign Up — President Wrong on Citizens United Case [Bradley A. Smith] — Tonight the president engaged in demogoguery of the worst kind, when he claimed that last week's Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, “open[ed] the floodgates for special interests …
Mark Feeney / Boston Globe:
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87 — Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica …
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Think Progress:
McCain seen mouthing ‘blame it on Bush’ when Obama outlines the problems he inherited. — Tonight in his State of the Union address, President Obama outlined steps he plans to take “to pay for the $1 trillion that it took to rescue the economy last year.” However, he first addressed right …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
First thoughts on President Obama's state of the union address — President Obama's first state of the union address is in the books. But, the analysis has only just begun. — Below you'll find our first thoughts from the speech. Have some of your own? Feel free to offer them in the comments section.
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Kevin Hechtkopf Updated / CBS News:
Poll: 83% of Speech Watchers Approve of Obama's State of the Union Proposals — CBS News conducted an instant poll with Knowledge Networks immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address. Here are some of the highlights: — • 83% of speech watchers approve …
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Bob McDonnell's GOP Response: Full Text — Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's Republican Address to the Nation Following Obama's State of the Union Address — (CBS) Immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will deliver the Republican response.
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
WHY TAMPER WITH LANDRIEU'S PHONES? — From NBC's Pete Williams — A law enforcement official says the four men arrested for attempting to tamper with the phones in the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) were not trying to intercept or wiretap the calls.
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Fox News:
Boehner: ‘No Way’ Terrorist Trials Will be Held in New York — The top Republican in the House is vowing to prevent any trial of terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay from being held in New York City as leading Senate Republicans question Attorney General Eric Holder on the civilian status given to the Christmas Day bombing suspect.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Afghan Tribe to Fight Taliban in Return for Aid — JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The leaders of one of the largest Pashtun tribes in a Taliban stronghold said Wednesday that they had agreed to support the American-backed government, battle insurgents and burn down the home of any Afghan who harbored Taliban guerrillas.
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Sarah Ebner / Times of London:
Scientists in stolen e-mail scandal hid climate data — Ben Webster, Environment Editor, and Jonathan Leake — The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny.
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People.com:
Elizabeth Edwards's Breaking Point — After meeting the love child that rocked her 32-year marriage to one-time presidential candidate John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards has had enough. — “She said, 'I've had it. I can't do this. I want my life back,' ” her sister, Nancy Anania, tells PEOPLE in the latest cover story.
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John F. Harris / The Politico:
Pelosi floats two-track health reform — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday floated the idea of a two-track plan for health care reform — with Congress pursuing easier-to-pass incremental changes now and comprehensive reform later. — “We believe that it's possible …
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Obama and the ‘hatchet’ job — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who once considered government spending freezes a hatchet job, told Americans on Wednesday it's now part of his solution to the exploding deficit. He didn't explain what had changed.
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