Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our Republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African-American president stepped forward to address the state of our union. With his speech tonight, the president completed a redemptive journey that took our nation from Independence Hall to Gettysburg to the lunch counter and now, finally, the Oval Office.
Regardless of party, all Americans are moved by the president's personal story -- the son of an American mother and a Kenyan father, who grew up to become leader of the free world...
Republicans are ready to work with the new president...Strategically, it is worth noting after two hours of watching Pelosi orgasm, how she got there: hyperpartisanship. The public's desire for bi-partisanship is not new, and it did not lead to the failure of the Democrats hyperpartisan strategy of the past few years.
It used to be that Republicans understood that the game of politics was about focusing on a very few issues to draw sharp distinctions between you and your opponents.
One low hanging fruit for the GOP is Obama's insistence on labeling "tax credits" as "tax cuts". It is inarguably, if not an outright lie, very misleading. Bringing it to the american people's attention would go far towards undermining the Presidents claims to bringing more honesty and openness to government and his self-identification with middle-class values.
To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and not to just put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you, the American people...I am not sure this argument -- a relic from bush v gore -- will be really effective in the face of Obama's argument -- "I am taking money from the richest 2% to pay for health care and education for the rest."
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