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.@mysterypollster dissects the instant SOTU polls: http://j.mp/gzqe3e http://j.mp/foQl1V Speech watchers heavily skewed D as expected.
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| State Of The Union 2011: Speech, Reaction & Commentary (LIVE UPDATES) WASHINGTON — Pleading for unity in a newly divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival for an anxious … |
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| State Of The Union 2011: Speech, Reaction & Commentary (LIVE UPDATES) WASHINGTON — Pleading for unity in a newly divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival for an anxious … |
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CBS: "overwhelming majority of Americans approved of the overall message" of SOTU based on instant poll of viewers http://j.mp/fkancE False!
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| Poll: High Marks for Obama’s State of the Union Speech – Political Hotsheet – CBS News | ||
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CNN was more careful: "majority of Americans who watched [SOTU] … said they had a very positive reaction" http://j.mp/g5Y1VO
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| CNN Poll: More than half of speech watchers have very positive reaction – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs Washington (CNN) — A majority of Americans who watched President Obama’s State of the Union address said they had a very positive reaction to his speech, according to a poll of people who viewe… |
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Really NYT? Headline: "Obama proposing bipartisan effort to win the future" Uninformative & sounds like WH press release http://j.mp/gaYPK5
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Not true: http://j.mp/heqSPv RT @jpodhoretz That speech is going to lead to a significant poll bump RT @CrowleyTIME SOTUs tend to do that
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| Post-State of Union Obama Approval Uptick Would Be Atypical Gallup historical data show that presidents rarely get meaningful increases in their approval ratings after the State of the Union address. Last year’s speech did not immediately improve Preside… |
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RT @normative Pres. Obama’s should read Paul Krugman’s fine 1994 essay "Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession" http://j.mp/eCmRi7 #SOTU
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Nice review of political science research on SOTUs by John Sides of GW and the @monkeycageblog http://j.mp/h3v1CN
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 What Can a State of the Union Do? – Ideas Market – WSJTonight’s State of the Union Address—known by Beltway types as the “SOTU address”—will be picked over by politicos and pundits alike. But put the armchair analysis and partisan spin aside. Wha… |
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RT @kwcollins Partisanship and social identity theory in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2282306/
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 Democrats and Republicans may sit together for Obama’s speech, but partisanship won’t budge. – By Shankar Vedantam – Slate MagazineRepublicans and Democrats in Congress are going to sit together—all chummy and united—during President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday. I’m betting that this new post-partisan era w… |
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Via @smotus, an interesting defense of divided SOTU seating as cue for viewers about which proposals the parties support http://j.mp/i6kgsD
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 Why Democrats and Republicans Shouldn’t Sit Together at the State of the Union — Daily IntelOne proposal would have Democrats and Republican sit next to one another. That would be a mistake. |
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