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National Journal:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama to Declare ‘The Rules Have Changed’ — Full text of speech draft obtained by National Journal — President Obama speaks to both houses of Congress during his first State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2010. — Insisting bipartisanship …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Poll: High Marks for Obama's State of the Union Speech — An overwhelming majority of Americans approved of President Obama's overall message in his State of the Union on Tuesday night, according to a CBS News Poll of speech watchers. — According to the poll, which was conducted online …
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Where was Obama the centrist in his State of the Union? — If you were expecting a moderate Obama or a bold Obama, you were disappointed, most likely, by Tuesday's State of the Union Address. In a nutshell: Obama proposed a ton of new domestic spending, promised to freeze discretionary spending …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: More than half of speech watchers have very positive reaction — Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans who watched President Obama's State of the Union address said they had a very positive reaction to his speech, according to a poll of people who viewed Tuesday night's address.
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Washington Wire:
Text of Obama's State of the Union Address — Here is the text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address as prepared for delivery at 9 p.m. ET. — Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
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Newsweek:
Why No One Will Watch the State of the Union — If President Obama's planned “call to unity” and pledge to work on centrist initiatives in his second State of the Union speech don't have you itching to tune in Tuesday night, don't feel too bad. Not many of your fellow citizens will watch …
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
National Journal leaks SOTU early — So much for all of the White House's efforts to keep the details of President Barack Obama's second State of the Union address under wraps until delivery. — At 7:14 p.m. - almost two hours before Obama was scheduled to speak in the House chamber …
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Washington Post:
Obama: 'our generation's Sputnik moment' — President Obama will seek to rally the nation to a new era of competitiveness in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, calling on Americans to rise to “our generation's Sputnik moment.” — “Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The text of the State of the Union Address from a Democratic insider …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama to speak of ‘Sputnik moment’ in State of the Union
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National Journal:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama to Declare ‘The Rules Have Changed’
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Excerpts from President Obama's State of the Union address
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Matthews Yells At Tea Party Leader: Why Is ‘Balloon-Head’ Bachmann Speaking For You — Chris Matthews was nearly apoplectic in his questioning of Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo on the topic of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and her controversial re-imagining of history …
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Sahil Kapur / Raw Story:
Bachmann: Founding fathers ‘worked tirelessly’ to end slavery — WASHINGTON - Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said the United States was founded on racial and ethnic diversity and that the founding fathers were responsible for abolishing slavery. — Speaking at an event sponsored by Iowans For Tax Relief …
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Andy Birkey / Minnesota Independent:
Tea party to Bachmann: You don't speak for the tea party — Rep. Michele Bachmann has been steeped in tea party politics for the last two years, but she may be overstepping her bounds as she increasingly attaches herself to a movement that insists it has no party and no leader.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
CNN justifies airing Bachmann speech: “Tea Party has become major force in American politics” — CNN, which is taking some criticism from both sides for agreeing to air Michele Bachmann's response to Obama's speech tonight, sends over a statement justifying the move:
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The Note:
Michele Bachmann's Tea Party State Of The Union Response Will …
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CNN:
Bachmann calls for full repeal of ‘Obamacare’
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Harry Reid blasts Obama on earmarks — 'I think it's the wrong thing to do. I don't think it's helpful,' said Reid of an earmarks ban. AP Photo — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blasted President Barack Obama on earmarks in advance of his State of the Union address Tuesday, when he's expected to call for a ban.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama to Propose Partial Budget Freeze and Earmark Ban Tonight* — Pursuing a path of deficit reduction and government reform, President Obama will tonight in his State of the Union address call for a ban on earmarks and he will propose a five year budget freeze …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Sees Global Fight for U.S. Jobs
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
McConnell: Sure I'll Work With Obama, As Long As He 'Is Willing …
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Tom Jacobs / Smart Journalism. Real Solutions …:
Sexy News Anchors Distract Male Viewers — New research finds when a female news anchor's sexual attractiveness is played up, male viewers retain less information. — SHARE AND ENJOY: — Scholars, critics and viewers have noted that some TV newscasts can be momentarily mistaken for Victoria's Secret specials.
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New York Times:
Violent Clashes Mark Protests Against Mubarak's Rule — CAIRO — Tens of thousands of people demanding an end to the nearly 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak filled the streets of several Egyptian cities on Tuesday, in an unusually large and sometimes violent burst of civil unrest …
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Eric Trager / The Atlantic Online:
Scenes From Egypt's Would-Be Revolution
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
A Region's Unrest Scrambles U.S. Foreign Policy
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Budget Committee:
Remarks of Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) - As Prepared for Delivery — Good evening. I'm Congressman Paul Ryan from Janesville, Wisconsin - and Chairman here at the House Budget Committee. — President Obama just addressed a Congressional chamber filled with many new faces.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Scalia Slaps Down GOP's Tentherism — Yesterday, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to a gathering of mostly-Republican lawmakers about separation of powers under the Constitution. During that gathering, Scalia was asked to embrace one of the Tea Party's pet constitutional theories …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Oops! Republican Asks Scalia About Constitutionality Of Earmarks
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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
MSNBC Ratings Rise on First Night Without Olbermann — MSNBC received some gratifying ratings news from the first night of its new prime-time lineup as it showed increases in the 8 and 9 p.m. hours, even in the absence of its previous leading man, Keith Olbermann.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“History tells us” something that history doesn't tell us, say sociologists stumbling to protect Frances Fox Piven. — Here's the expression of “outrage” by the officers of the American Sociological Association: … So vigorous debate about Piven's ideas is really important …
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Piven Responds To Beck: “It Only Takes One Person Who Is A Little Deranged”
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Susan E. Rice / US Department of State:
Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on Richard Falk — U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations — I am appalled by the recent personal blog written by Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Not The U.N.'s Most Helpful Employee
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Esquire:
The State of the Union Drinking Game, 2011 Edition — If you're anything like us, you spent Sunday only half-watching the NFL conference championship games, attending to them out of some shapeless feeling of duty and the ever-present impulse to call Jay Cutler a pansy.
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