President Barack Obama addressed Congress for about 52 minutes, or just over 6000 words, if you're counting. He made the most of his time, sketching an ambitious visions for the nation's recovery. At the same time, his speech seemed crafted to repel Republican criticisms he knew were coming.
Now that conservative talk radio and a single business tv rant have become the cornerstones of GOP rebuttal, Obama knew his speech to lawmakers and the nation had to take their influence into account. When he said he didn't believe in bigger government or massive debt, he was speaking to the only talking points Republicans rely on in this, the winter of their discontent.
They can only engage in negative speculation about the consequences of the course Obama has charted. They harbor the absurd belief that a mantra of relentless criticism without any program of their own will actually work in these tough times.
Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana showed his hand not in his response Tuesday night but this past Sunday.
The "rising star" of the Republicans made it plain the game they're playing is about what they consider good politics, not the good of the nation.
The "rising star" of the Republicans made it plain the game they're playing is about what they consider good politics, not the good of the nation.
Isn't it odd that through every initiative this president has put forward there's been no competing vision by his opposition? Even the "we won't accept parts of the stimulus" movement of just the other day has lost significant steam.
One can quibble with parts of President Obama's plan to speed the nation's economic recovery. At least, however, he's got a plan.
What do the naysayers have? Rick Santelli, Rush Limbaugh, and Bobby Jindal?
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