Lagniappe for All!
Posted: February 12, 2013 Filed under: Live Blog, SOTU 31 Comments
There was something for every one in the State of the Union Speech tonight. Even the Republicans clapped and stood up for the idea of comprehensive immigration reform. But, what about raising the minimum wage or climate change or universal preschool? Will they go for that?
We’ll find out shortly when Rubio and Paul rebut SOTU. It’s a Republican Grudge Match!!!
Republicans will offer not one, but two responses to the president’s speech. The first will come from Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who will aim to offer an alternative vision to Obama’s agenda. The second will come from tea party-favorite Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who will offer an alternative to the alternative. Confused? Welcome to the GOP.
Rubio, of course, is on the unofficial short list of presidential candidates for 2016. (Time magazine last week dubbed him the savior of his party.) The affable 41-year-old will represent what is presumably the mainstream wing of the fragmented GOP, which, as no shortage of pundits have pointed out, is suffering from a serious public-relations crisis. Rubio — young, charismatic, well-spoken — will aim to change America’s perception of the party on Tuesday evening, taking advantage of his time on the national stage. He will respond to the president’s stance on jobs, the federal debt, immigration and gun control, and his overall demeanor will depend largely on the type of ammunition given to him by Obama himself.
Obama Care!! Climate Change!! Gun Control OH MY!!!!!!
“Mr. President, I still live in the same working class neighborhood I grew up in. My neighbors aren’t millionaires. They’re retirees who depend on Social Security and Medicare. They’re workers who have to get up early tomorrow morning and go to work to pay the bills. They’re immigrants, who came here because they were stuck in poverty in countries where the government dominated the economy. The tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt middle class families. It will cost them their raises. It will cost them their benefits. It may even cost some of them their jobs. And it will hurt seniors because it does nothing to save Medicare and Social Security. So Mr. President, I don’t oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors.”
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The “After the SOTU” at your earlier link is pretty darn good. Policy people answering questions.
kewl!!!
Sarah Biannchi (sic) Director of Economic and Domestic Policy Initiatives is smart as a freakin; whip. Really impressive.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2013
Watching it now! Lots of YOUNG PEOPLE!!
I’m glad you posted that. It was really nice and informative. Thanks again.
Mario Rubio sounds like a high school kid.
It’s hardly worth fact-checking Marco Rubio. He lies about shit all the time. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/marco-rubio-updates-his-senate-web-site-biography/2011/10/22/gIQAdt6f6L_blog.html … #SOTU
Did everyone forget Rubio is a crook. In the summer of 2012, it was conventional wisdom inside the Beltway that Mitt Romney would not select Marco Rubio as his running mate for the simple reason that Marco Rubio is a crook. To be less concise:
Rubio charged more than $100,000 to state GOP credit cards, had racked up nearly $1 million in personal debt, and nearly had his home foreclosed on. No doubt that Rubio has plenty of assets (young, Latino, from Florida). But he also carries a lot of risk for the usually risk-averse Romney.
Steve Benen @stevebenen
If this dimwitted rehash of Romney’s stump speech is intended to promote the party’s “savior,” GOP is in deep trouble #rubio
Josh Barro: This Is the Republican Party’s Savior?
That’s right. I did forget that.
WTF…………sounds like Rubio has been in a coma for the last 12 months………………oh yeah, let’s segerate special needs children………………
RRRR………………..means ReRun Repblicans Runnings for President, last year……………..
What………….he’s still living in the poor middle class neighborhood, but he has managed to pay off more $100,000 in student loans………………up your nose.
ROFLOL! That’s how he did it. He still lives with his mom.
/snark
Rubio Re Run of Republicans Running for President 2012……………………..
TBogg @tbogg
Rubio’s speech would have been better if he had brought out his zany red-headed wife Lucy.
There’s Paul Ryan telling us what THEY want…………….HEY Dude, you lost, you ain’t getting nothing.
For those of you that missed that incredible moment of zen or RUBIO gulping water while looking like a deer caught in the headlights.
It’s the biggest thing on Twitter at the moment, lol.
Isn’t that Lucy?
Someone should have thrown him the water bottle and had him catch it.
Is anyone watching Rand Paul’s response? MSNBC isn’t covering it….
I couldn’t find Rand………….
Nuge may have shot him.
Robert Gibbs…………….same thing I said, Rubio ReRun of Republicans running during the campaign speeches…………come together…
Ralph… you’re funny
Thank you!
Rubio Water Bottle twitter feed
https://twitter.com/WaterBttleRubio
I saw Julian Castro on MSNBC and he makes Rubio look like a real hack.
Why can’t we have a better news media? Dorner not found yet.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/lapd-no-body-found-in-burned-cabin