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   From: rchriste@4ax.com   
      
   President Obama delivered a rousing finale with an emotional   
   tribute to a soldier Tuesday night, but that followed a lengthy   
   speech that received less than rave reviews.   
      
   With the sustained ovation for wounded veteran Cory Remsburg,   
   Obama briefly united Congress and the television audience—even   
   the snark on Twitter was silenced—but the overall media reaction   
   ranged from respectful to tepid.   
      
   Obama signaled during the media buildup to the speech that he   
   wouldn’t be making sweeping proposals, and as State of the Union   
   rhetoric goes, “new ladders of opportunity” isn’t exactly the   
   New Deal.   
      
   But the president faced two problems: a Congress that won’t pass   
   most of his agenda and an anemic economy: “The cold, hard fact   
   is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are   
   working more than ever just to get by – let alone get ahead. And   
   too many still aren’t working at all.”   
      
   It was a restrained speech—“a set of concrete, practical   
   proposals”--matching Obama’s reduced political circumstances   
   after a rough political year.   
      
   “He can’t do many great things” without Congress, said CBS’s Bob   
   Schieffer.   
      
   “Quite predictable,” The Hill’s A.B. Stoddard said on Fox. “He   
   didn’t break a lot of new ground.”   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/28/state-union-media-   
   verdict-obama-plays-small-ball-with-subdued-speech/   
      
   Shut up and resign.   
      
       
      
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