Poland Spring: You Love Me! You Really Love Me!
It got missed in the build up to the State of the Union speech last night. But a whole new front opened in the GOP Civil War. Haley Barbour is asking GOP big money donors to cut off giving to Club for Growth, one of the main drivers behind the candidates Karl Rove’s ‘Victory’ project is trying to shut down.
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I had a hard time getting a clear read on this State of the Union address. But here are a few thoughts.
We were prepped to think this speech would be aggressive, confrontational, sharp, a shower of adjectives. My sense was a bit different. I found the tone aggressive, more declarative, less exploratory. The subtext was: I’ve made up my mind. And yet it was actually replete with references to potential points of bipartisan compromise — virtually every one he tried to strike over his first four years in office. The tone was simply different. I’d describe it like this: We can do this together. But if you won’t, whatever guys, I’m done with that. Read More
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