So...how'd he do?

[WilliamPitt]

Working my night job, haven't seen the SOTU speech yet. Writing from my phone, can't track all the post-speech threads, so I'm just going to track this one.

How did he do?

[azmouse]

1. A++++++

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Out of the park, IMHO! n/t

[spanone]

3. called out the supremes, blue dogs and rethugs....great speech

he also called out the 60 votes in congress

[demosincebirth]

23. He sounded a little like FDR. Great!

[berni_mccoy]

He parked it.

[SnoopDog]

4. At the end... the guy made a grown man cry...

This is what America needs - a leader who says we need to make America better - and shape up and get it done...

[crispini]

The end was the clincher.

He understands we're still worried out here. He gets it. He's back in my good books in a big way.


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[obxhead]

5. As always talked a great game....

now if he can walk it.....

[la la]

6. excellent--

most excellent!

da*m repubs sat on their hands and looked all pissy for most of the night---which is normal, i guess. ;>(

[NYC_SKP]

7. I think even his detractors are quite pleased.

He called out Democrats who shouldn't "run for the hills" when we need them.

And Republicans who shouldn't put the next election over the next generation (that one might have been for all of 'em).

A little smack down to the SCOTUS, sitting right there.

And he brought up DADT to the surprise of many.

You'll want to catch the rerun, overall you won't be disappointed.

:P

[Kweli4Real]

8. I loved it ...

The man CAN bring it!

[harun]

9. He really showed how the House is passing things and the Senate is F'ing them up.

Slammed the Senate over and over which has me very happy. I think it was very good.

[Kweli4Real]

18. True that ...n/t

[liberalmuse]

10. He literally kicked ass.

That was the best SOTU I've ever heard (not saying much since I missed all of W's, LOL).

[timeforpeace]

11. More of a campaign speech than a SOTU. Laid a lot of blame, took none.

[Kweli4Real]

31. Accept blame for what?!?

Face it ... PRESIDENT OBAMA is a conciliator ... which isn't a bad thing in this time of great division. It is know the job of Congressional leadership to move their folks.

[riverdale]

45. He doesn't lead

CHALLENGE THE FILIBUSTER RULE ... BIPARTISAN MY ASS . Asks congress to put bills together. Only threatens veto on his right-wing priorities, like the spending freeze.

[dave29]

47. he absolutely accepted blame.

Were you listening?

[name not needed]

12. Great speech. Now to see if he plans on following through on any of it.

[HeresyLives]

13. 9.9

...because nothing is ever perfect. :)

[nc4bo]

14. The speech was outstanding

as usual but this speech will be completely meaningless unless action is taken.

Gotta follow through!

I look forward to it.

[Goldstein1984]

15. VERY well.

Put everyone on notice.
Good job.

[Missy Vixen]

16. I didn't turn on the TV

Actions speak so much louder than words.

Let's see if President Obama can back up his soaring rhetoric with policies that will actually benefit the millions hanging on by their fingernails.

[nc4bo]

28. We've been hangin on so tight that the nails are beginning to fall off. nt

[Stephanie]

17. Fucking brilliant!

Pure genius. I can't wait to see it again.

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Definitely out of the park

He gives good speech.

But we already knew that.

[demodonkey]

20. Out of the park X 1000 ! nt

[Go2Peace]

21. Great.. for an appeal to moderate Republicans and for Charisma

[Gregorian]

22. Combat troops out of Iraq by August. Repeal DADT. Tax incentives for not offshoring.

All told with a personal, and heartfelt touch as if speaking with a close friend.

Truly brilliant, honest.

[stevedeshazer]

24. He crushed it. A smash over the left center field wall.

It was a thing of beauty.

[Subdivisions]

25. I can't believe how excited some here are about this speech. It was

nothing special and was just more of the same fluff that SOTU addresses are made of. Sounded like his campaign speeches. I was hoping for some hard truths. Oh well. I should have expected as much.

[Stephanie]

29. Nice try.

Now run along home.

[Subdivisions]

36. Excuse me? I have earned my right to state my opinion on this forum. I will

stay, thank you.

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[amandabeech]

30. I'm with you. I've heard most of this speech before.

Obama's speeches have never done anything for me, so it's not surprising that this one doesn't do anything for me, either.

[Subdivisions]

38. BAU

Business as usual...

[That Is Quite Enough]

33. Thanks, I thought I was the only one who didn't care for it.

[GoCubsGo]

26. There were a few things in there I didn't really like.

But, all in all, two thumbs up.

[Stephanie]

27. Tweety: You know, I forgot he was black tonight, for an hour.

Jeeezus.

[That Is Quite Enough]

32. Great, if you enjoy faux populism.

[tekisui]

34. He did what he needed to do. He bought time.

He told us what he's done, and that it takes time to clean up the eight year mess he inherited. He pointed fingers at the bush administration, the blue dogs and the repukes. He made everyone responsible and said enough fucking around. The last 5 minutes, you could hear his hands hitting the podium. He put it in the historical context. Very well done.

[Neecy]

35. nuclear power and (un)clean coal and offshore drilling

Peachy! Just the policies I want to hear from a Democrat!

[Geek_Girl]

56. Not to mention tax cuts and Spending Freezes

yay!

[housewolf]

37. Our president is a master at inspiring the better angels of our nature

I loved the speech tonight, thought he did great.

I love that he seems so REAL.

[harun]

40. Senate needs to find their inner angels!

[flvegan]

39. Big talk until he backs it up.

If/when he does, you can label me a cheerleader. Frankly, I'm looking forward to the very possibility.

It was a great SOTU address, but until words become action...they are just words. If he lives up to them, see above.

[usregimechange]

41. Great and good to hear

[omega minimo]

42. if he means what he says, aside from nuclear energy and offshore drilling, he nailed it.

[Greybnk48]

43. Major ass-kicking. He did not come across as a limp windsock tonight!!

Thank goodness. Your post from last week has been haunting me and making me very sad and angry because your words hit a nerve. But I don't feel like that right now. I think you too will be very pleased when you watch his SOTU.

[Kaleva]

44. Outstanding!

[greatscott15]

46. I'll give it a "B"

Not his greatest speech by far. Tried to put too much into it (as most presidents do).

Plays well here on DU, but I am afraid not so well in middle America. He needed to give the average folks who got him elected some reassurance he has heard their message.

Probably gets a week bounce in the tracking polls and then back to where he has been for a couple of months now.

Question is - what can he actually get accomplished now. The weak kneeded dems are running for the hills. Repukes are going to support him on ANYTHING.

If the repukes make major gains in Nov, he is a lame duck I am afraid. We lost our window when Brown got elected.

[Stephanie]

48. Jeezus - try harder next time

What is "weak kneeded?"

You may be right about this, after the ass-kicking they just took:

"Repukes are going to support him on ANYTHING."

[greatscott15]

51. Sorry meant Repukes NOT going to support him on anything

[Stephanie]

52. I know exactly what you meant

[PJPhreak]

49. He opened one of These...

[uppityperson]

50. Good parts and not so good parts

Good parts were taking SCOTUS to task for their corporations are people (you know what i mean) ruling last week, and saying that congress and he needed to pass legislation to deal with that. Another good part was taking both the Dems and the Repubs to task for their bipartisinshipness.

Not so good were parts that sounded republican, taxes,and business stuff. Also not so good were the qualifying bits like "all combat troops out of Iraq by Aug 2010, leading a not observant person to think "all out of Iraq by Aug 2010".

Pres Obama talked over the applause several times, was booed and applauded.

He is an excellent speaker, and put his heart and soul into what he was saying.

[Geek_Girl]

53. It was a great speech on delivery A+ However he was pandering to conservative independents

But he did it exceptionally well.

[Bluerthanblue]

54. best ever-

and I really wasn't expecting that.

[Bluerthanblue]

55. best ever-

and I really wasn't expecting that.

[Odin2005]

57. C+

Too much BS involving "bipartisanship" and "free trade" and "tax cuts" and "not punishing bankers".

[JonLP24]

58. I agreed with about 95% of what he said

5% not so much.

Speech will be even better if he follows through.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. He did SUPERBLY!