Tag: SOTU

State Of The Union Open Thread

Filed in National by on January 28, 2014 61 Comments
State Of The Union Open Thread

Have at it!  I’ll be here all night! (Am I the only one that loves these things?  Is that wrong? Or really weird?)

[Update from Delaware Dem]: Some excerpts of the speech are starting to leak, as they always do. The White House, all White Houses, do this to prep the ground and give the pundits something to talk about in the run up to the speech. Here is one such excerpt

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Ted Nugent To Attend State Of The Union?

Filed in National by on February 11, 2013 14 Comments

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), who threatened President Obama with impeachment over his plan to reduce gun violence, has offered a ticket to the State of the Union tickets to Ted Nugent — whose criticism of the president once resulted in a sitdown with the Secret Service.

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Liveblogging the SOTU

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 27, 2010 2 Comments

The link is live. Grab the beverage of your choice and join us for the always entertaining liveblogging with the DelawareLiberal crew.

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Liveblogging the State of the Union Speech

Filed in National by on January 27, 2010 19 Comments

Tonight, President Obama will give his State of the Union speech (hint, he will say that the state of the union is strong…). As usual, we will be liveblogging the speech starting at 8PM. The speech is given this year as the reverberations of the Massachusetts special election are still being felt, Haiti has moved from search-and-rescue to recovery-and-burial, healthcare reform has moved from “possible in our time” to “cross your fingers”, Iraq is winding down while Afghanistan is ramping up and our economy has stopped falling and is poised for a recovery.

So stop by at 8 and you will see our link for the liveblog application. And as always, it is BYOB.

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