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Why The State of the Union Affects You!

Friday, January 29th, 2010

As you hopefully already know, Wednesday night President Obama delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of congress. Many of my peers, however, chose not to watch the event, saying it was boring, phony, and didn’t…

Breaking: Obama to take health care pitch directly to Congress

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

The President will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday on the topic of health care.
“Obama is expected to add more detail to his vision for health-care reform when he speaks to lawmakers upon their return from an…

Searching for Bobby Jindal

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

While I was busy scooping the rest of the blogosphere with my precision commentary on the quasi-State of the Union address, I seem to have wildly missed the consensus on Bobby Jindal’s Republican response.
My first take was that Jindal…

Something worthy

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

If the President’s speech wasn’t a homerun, it was at least a bases-clearing double, knocking in his three themes of energy, health care and education in clear and even upbeat language. Gone was the catastrophism that has dominated his speeches…

Jindal all the way

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been tapped by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell to deliver the Republican response to Obama’s first State of the Union address, scheduled for February 24.
This was a no-brainer considering the GOPs track record of…