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The State of the Union: Political Maneuvering with Little Policy Substance
BY ALEX TOLKIN The president’s State of the Union address was once a dry written report on the current challenges facing the nation and his plans to address those challenges. Now, however, the State of the Union has become a political pageant in which the president attempts to use his influence to sway Congress to…
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Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union
As is wont to happen in an election year, President Barack Obama used last night’s State of the Union address to articulate new campaign promises, tout successes of his first term, and spin failures into palatable stepping stones on the road to improvement. Members of Congress remained polite throughout, perhaps uncharacteristically cognizant of how much…
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State of the Union, Environment Edition
While President Obama spent most of his recent State of the Union address (full speech here) focusing on jobs, the budget, and health care (and rightly so), he also spent a good amount of time discussing environmental concerns. He made some positive remarks about the need to pass an energy and climate bill, but also…
