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Obama's Address To Congress Live Blog

By Big Tent Democrat

I'll do my best to live blog it below the fold. Not promising much. Add your thoughts in comments.

Update (TL): Excerpts of speech are here.

The good Sully, the one who saved 155 lives by landing his plane in the Hudson River, is there.

Justice Ginsburg gets a wonderful reception.

The pomp of these events is pretty cool actually.

As the Cabinet is welcomed, the big shots are apparent, Clinton, Gates and, for better or worse, Geithner.

Rahmbo!

OT, the Gators are playing a big hoops game in Baton Rouge tonight. I know, nobody cares but me.

Madame Speaker, the President of The United States!

Cheers for the First Lady.

MSNBC has one of those dial-y meters too now. If it is working it is not apparent to me.

Economy, "we will recover and emerge stronger than before."

Defense of the stimulus bill

Discussion of the credit crisis - the need to restart lending to fuel an economic recovery.A good passage I think. Now what is the solution? Nothing worth mentioning imo. Not straight talk on this issue.

OT- Gators down 35-29 with 5 minutes to go in the 1st. LSU's Marcus Thornton is on fire - 5-6 from 3 point land.

No one is asking for vengeance on the banks, but where is the solution? I did not hear it.

Ot - Calathes apparently can't make a free throw anymore.

Renewable energy, etc. You know the drill.

Auto indudtry will be "retooled", etc. "Can't walk away from it."

Optimism now.

Helath care . . is this the bold?

OT- Gators fight back, up 2 now.

Health care reform NOW! The headline so far.

OT- at the half, Gators 41 - LSU 37.

Education. You tell me. I am a dummy about education issues.

This strikes me as a Bill Clinton speech without the specifics. Me? Not so impressed with this one.

Deficits and debts. "With the deficit we inherited . . ."

"We will end the tax breaks for the top 2% of Americans. If you make 250k/yr or less, you will not see a tax increase. In fact, 95% of Americans will receive a tax cut."

Circles back to health care reform as entitlement reform. Unless I missed it, the words Social Security were not mentioned in this speech.

Pillar 2, ending the Debacle in Iraq as deficit reduction. Good frame (h/t Lakoff)

Good stuff on foreign policy imo.

The Reagan bio stuff. I'm checking out. LSU starts 2nd half on fire. I'm on that now. You're on your own.

OT - 2nd half starting in Baton Rouge.

I did not see it all, but a B- for what I did see. Not enough specifics for me.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).