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State of the Union Live Blog

by: Rosi Efthim

Tue Jan 25, 2011 at 09:02:50 PM EST



This is President Barack Obama's 2nd State of the Union address. Where are you? What do you think? Let's keep this convo going in Comments.  
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State of the Union Live Blog | 97 comments
I'm at home (0.00 / 0)
watching on TV.  

Now we get to pretend we're in high school and see who's sitting together.  

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

full text if you like spoilers (0.00 / 0)
http://politicalticker.blogs.c...

It's not embargoed this year, I suppose because it's hopeless in the era of internet.

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Seating (4.00 / 2)
Last year, I felt a sense of pride seeing Nancy Pelosi sitting behind the President. This year I am profoundly sad to see John Boehner in that seat.

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I agree, it's sad (0.00 / 0)
[ Parent ]
I'm here in noisy Brooklyn (4.00 / 1)
This is a Living Liberally event, and it's crazy crowded and noisy in here. My wireless card is monstrously slow here, but here's what it looks like here, in one part of this bar (where the drink special is fab $5 Margaritas:
2011SOTUpic

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
Oh cool (0.00 / 0)
Room just came to a dead quiet on the introduction of the President.

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
wife: Is he going to start crying again? (0.00 / 0)
We are very mean in the Hopeful household.

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I thought the same thing n/t (0.00 / 0)
[ Parent ]
The empty chair (4.00 / 1)
Let it be filled with Congresswoman Giffords carrying Christina Taylor Green's hopes and dreams into the United States Congress. We all hope that.  

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is that a gavel or a small keg in front of Biden? (0.00 / 0)
like a Saint Bernard.

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Boehner (0.00 / 0)
looks like he wants to leave the room and go to a fundraiser

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Obama praises tax cut deal (0.00 / 0)
but wait until later if you're annoyed by the deal.

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ties manufacturing to education, research (0.00 / 0)
and points to China, India.

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I want to see... (4.00 / 2)
Chris Christie's face when Obama praises teachers later in the speech.

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But we're New Jersey (4.00 / 1)
Let's defund our education system, and put as much of it as we can in the hands of profit-makers. Come on, it'll be FUN!

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
our students answer "What do you think of that idea?" (0.00 / 0)
but solving equations is good too.  

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how to win the future (0.00 / 0)
1. Innovation.  

defends government support of science, research.

Very important.

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Congress appears totally unmoved (0.00 / 0)
by the idea of funding research and innovation.

Some applause finally, but not impressive.

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The two-shots (4.00 / 1)
of Republicans sitting next to Democrats are hilarious. Like the masks of drama and comedy.  

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re-invent (and fund) energy research (0.00 / 0)
I don't know what Rutgers is up to, but our neighbors at University of Delaware are heavily investing in this vision.

Pay for it by stopping giving billions to oil companies. Don't subsidize "yesterday's energy."

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

continues to mention nuclear (0.00 / 0)
though not as a major point, but it's a big deal for Salem County which might get another one.

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[ Parent ]
Hot damn (4.00 / 1)
Eliminate subsidies to oil companies. Hell, the BP oil spill is still fresh in people;'s minds and half the people in this room have a Prius parked outside. Big hand on that line.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
2035 (0.00 / 0)
is not that ambitious. We went to the moon in 9 years. We can do the same with clean energy if we want to and have the political guts to do so

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now on to education (0.00 / 0)
incidentally, someone finally realized that using the term "five pillars" would only encourage the "Obama is a secret Muslim" nuts.  

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The winner of the science fair ... (4.00 / 1)
That's the line I'm going to remember of this speech.  

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Congress stands for (0.00 / 0)
the line the winner of the science fair should be celebrated like the winner of the Super Bowl.



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Race to the Top (4.00 / 1)
Thanks again, Chris Christie for bolluxing up that $400 million grant to New Jersey kids.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
RTTT (4.00 / 1)
"over 40 states" but not NJ thanks to CC

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talks about transformation of high schools (4.00 / 1)
Student: "We are smart, and we can make it"

This is nice. Now on to praising teachers.  Chris Christie, treat them with respect!

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and now he asks young people to become a teacher (0.00 / 0)
[ Parent ]
In South Korea (0.00 / 0)
teachers are known as nation builders. It's time we start treating teachers here with the same respect.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
NJ congressional delegation (4.00 / 2)
was shown right after the BO jab at CC

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Become a teacher (0.00 / 0)
Your country needs you.

Big hand in this room for teachers.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

JOhn Boehner (0.00 / 0)
looks like he's trying to pass a stone.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
Kerry and McCain (0.00 / 0)
Room went nuts.

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
McCain applauds Obama's statement on immigration (0.00 / 0)
reluctantly

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[ Parent ]
Menendez (4.00 / 1)
Are we going to get Bob Menendez on camera for that? No, we get McCain.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
immigration and education (0.00 / 0)
Asks for DREAM Act (not by name), and then also visas for those who get advanced degrees. Nice to combine them.  

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Yay - infrastructure! (0.00 / 0)
Infrastructure (0.00 / 0)
WH feed shows China spends 9% GDP on infrastructure, US 2%

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Infrastructure (0.00 / 0)
Hells yeah. I drove over the Pulaski Skyway to get here.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
[ Parent ]
our engineers gave us a D (0.00 / 0)
We do too locally in New Jersey

http://sections.asce.org/newje...

and before Christie too.

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

Black & white ribbons (4.00 / 1)
The ribbons, as I'm sure you guessed, are honoring the Tucson shooting victims. It was Gabby Giffords' friend Dem Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of FL and GOP Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas that asked members of Congress to wear them.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
Obama in favor of railroads (0.00 / 0)
Meanwhile Christie and other new Republican governors have killed the projects.

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Senator Grassley (4.00 / 1)
is asleep

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How low (0.00 / 0)
can corporate tax rates go?

What happened to corporate responsibility?

http://www.deciminyan.org/2011...

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tax code simplification (0.00 / 0)
Many corporations pay nothing thanks to loopholes, others have the highest rates on the world.  Wants simplification to cut taxes without increasing deficit.

...then on to exports and free trade agreements.



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review of regulations (0.00 / 0)
...but in favor of common sense safeguards, which Boehner does not appear to like.

moves smoothly into financial reform and health care. Breaking up Congress seating makes the Democratic standing ovation more effective.

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

[ Parent ]
I really do think (0.00 / 0)
that not sitting by party makes a big difference for the reaction shots.

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Freeze on Spending (0.00 / 0)
Why just "non-security" spending? There's probably a lot of low hanging fruit in the Department of Homeland Security

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Gabby Gifford photo taken moments ago (4.00 / 1)
Photo taken just moments ago: Astronaut Mark Kelly holds the hand of his wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as they both watch the President's State of the Union:

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It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

Great photo n/t (0.00 / 0)
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I am skeptical about this freeze (0.00 / 0)
end the damn wars.  But he does point out that cutting some investments is like cutting the engine off the plane.

Moves on to entitlements and defense spending and spending through tax breaks.  

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Freeze was a dud in Brooklyn too n/t (0.00 / 0)


It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
[ Parent ]
We cannot afford a permanent extension (0.00 / 0)
of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%.  

TV shows Sanders. Nice.

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Millionaires Tax Break Elimination (4.00 / 1)
Christie must be livid

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scattered applause for "competence" (0.00 / 0)
Wife, however, loves the lines about last reorganization in days of "black and white TV," exports, and salmon regulation. Congress finally laughs.


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Salmon (0.00 / 0)
When in fresh water controlled by the Interior Department

When in salt water controlled by the Commerce Department

When smoked, controlled by the Rabbinic Council

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Who's sitting in the aisle? (0.00 / 0)


It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
asks Congress to put info about lobbyists online (0.00 / 0)
Haha. We'll see.

(though I've heard Obama Admin is evading the rules with informal meetings outside the office.)

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46 minutes (0.00 / 0)
before he mentions the budget-draining wars that are maiming and killing our young people

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American Muslims (0.00 / 0)
are a part of our American family.

Big hand here in Brooklyn, a couple miles from the "9/11 Mosque".

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

this July we will begin to bring our troops home (0.00 / 0)
Wife cheers, but I think it is BS, even if Obama has somehow convinced himself it's true.

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July troops home (0.00 / 0)
I dont think anybody here is buying that July date either.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
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one interesting thing (0.00 / 0)
If you pay close attention to the news every day, then you know the Obama Admin did all these things, but it's new, good news to most people watching.  

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key moment for middle east protests (0.00 / 0)
Mentions "Tunisia," and "all people." Remember protests began in Egypt today. Adding "all people," will I think, be taken as as far as Obama can go. (Given our relationship to dictator Mubarak.)

 

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calls on all college campuses to open to ROTC, recruiters (0.00 / 0)
having praised the repeal of DADT.

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Our troops (4.00 / 1)
"And we know that some of them are gay."

That is such a rewarding thing I just heard my president say.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

You can always get everybody (0.00 / 0)
to stand in that room if you talk American exceptionalism.  

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  
the good thing about Boehner (0.00 / 0)
is that he doesn't appear to take his rise for granted. A lot to be said for that.  

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big moment for this guy (0.00 / 0)
from Center Rock. Very nice.

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and it sure beats (0.00 / 0)
Bush bringing out the "Baby Einstein" person, nothing but a con artist.

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[ Parent ]
Dominick Stampone (4.00 / 1)
Great tweet just now from Haledon Mayor @DomStampone:

First recorded reference to smoked salmon in any #SOTU. #lox #nova #everythingbagel #creamcheese #hungry

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.  

Good speech (0.00 / 0)
but I have to turn off MSNBC before Chris Matthews comes on.

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but Chris did have a good line... (0.00 / 0)
he called it a "Jack Kennedy" speech

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[ Parent ]
A True Leader (4.00 / 1)
Obama is being Presidential, not political.
what will the Republicans complain about?
That he was too American?

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


the Way Forward (0.00 / 0)
is clear.
Obama gave some common sense consessions and ideas to the Republicans with Tort Reform, spending cuts and spending freezes but I have the feeling the Repubs will focus negatively on gay soldiers, healthcare reform improvements and not repeals and removing the tax cuts in the wealthiest because they don't understand compromise and joint effort.

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


and Fox (4.00 / 1)
will jump on the Muslim statement.

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[ Parent ]
Sticking around for the GOP rebut (0.00 / 0)
And the (unnecessary but strangely compelling) Michele Bachman Tea Party rebut? Her speech is on line at www.TeaPartyExpress.org

I'm running low on battery power. But there's still fun to be had.  

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Paul Ryan GOP response (0.00 / 0)
"The next generation will inherit a stagnant economy and a diminished country" Whose fault is that, Mr. Bush?

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unbelievable (paraphrasing Ryan...) (0.00 / 0)
"Safety nets lull people into complacency"

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[ Parent ]
Ryan is totally creepy (0.00 / 0)
and I sure hope he doesn't complain about someone else's use of teleprompters.


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Ryan's creepiness (0.00 / 0)
But I'm sure Michelle Bachmann will make him look sane and rational

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and it's so pathetic (0.00 / 0)
that we have to listen to a conservative say their vision of limited government is opposed to deficit spending... sorry, Reagan, Bush and Bush proved otherwise. Cheney said it too.



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[ Parent ]
This is not GREECE (0.00 / 0)
and warning that we will end up like Greece is fear mongering, not problem solving.
The American system of "Limited Government" is a falacy that the GOP made up and only uses when they aren't in the White House.

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


That was totaslly off topic (4.00 / 1)
Okay, rep Ryan is done, When do we hear from Michelle "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann?

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


they've got some boring panel talking (0.00 / 0)
I know they want to pretend to be non-professional politicians, but this is ridiculous... put on the star of the show!

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[ Parent ]
oh wait (0.00 / 0)
The boring panel is from the White House  (hehe) but the Tea Party was streaming it.  

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[ Parent ]
and now their site seems to have crashed (0.00 / 0)
but cnn.com/live has it.

She's talking about miracles and Iwo Jima.

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[ Parent ]
Always with religiousity and war (4.00 / 1)


If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


[ Parent ]
I only saw the end (4.00 / 1)
but no one should believe the spin that the Tea Party and the right-wing fundamentalists aren't one and the same.


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[ Parent ]
Weak rebuttal. (0.00 / 0)
The Bobbi Jindal curse lives on.
It is as if Rep. Ryan watched a speech nobody else saw and rebutted topics that Obama owned and layed the best way forward on.
How can he rebut healthcare for ALL, new technology and job building in energy and research and not looking like he's just complaining to complain?

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


The only thing that was lacking (0.00 / 0)
absence of conversation about guns and sane gun control. That was disappointing

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


The Anti-Christie SOTU (4.00 / 1)
President Obama was able to effectively dispute every Christie idea on education and jobs creation without having to mention the obvious ignorance that Christie has displayed to the whole country over the last year on the GOP Stumpin' Bus.

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


Did it make Christie Twinge (0.00 / 0)
when President Obama congratulated the states with the innovative leadership for winning the Race to the Top awards?
Will he cry about it to Jim Gearheart tomorrow and reiterate how it was all the Presidents fault?

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


Chrstie broke his TV (0.00 / 0)
when he heard about treating teachers with respect, so he never got to that part.

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[ Parent ]
Remarks about the speech lacking "Substance" are just partisan whining. (0.00 / 0)
No SOTU is a "detail" road map. It is the annual "Investor Call" in which the President uses an hour or so to gather us all around the hearth, remind us of our potential and bullet point his intentions for the coming year.
Were he to get down and dirty and start devling into the "Substance" that so many keep whining that he missed most would have shut the broadcast off and spent the following days complaining he was too "inetellectual" or overly detailed and ...that he was hiding a lack of a plan behind minutae and political hyperbole.
People who disagree with the President based on poarty ideology will never see hope or wisdom because they aren't allowed to. It would be like questioning religious dogma.

If we don't stand together, we fall alone
That didn't last long.


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