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
The Senate Judiciary Committee convenes a hearing on immigration reform. Witnesses include Janet Napolitano, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Steve Case. TPM’s Benjy Sarlin is there and will be providing updates at TPMLivewire.
The gist from the Morning Shows: Obama is laying a devious trap for Republicans by embracing a raft of policies the public widely supports.
Video of Rubio’s ‘Slurp Heard Round the World‘.
Maher laughs off Trump lawsuit: He’s not even a real person. Watch.
Benjy Sarlin, our reporter on the immigration reform beat, watched the State of the Union address with a group of undocumented immigrants. Here’s his report.
In my post, I linked to this video of the now-famous Rubio slurp heard round the world. But my favorite moment was on CNN where Blitzer, on mic, does a semi-aghast ‘oh my’ as Rubio makes the water lunge. The actual words are ‘uh oh’. Video after the jump, but only for true slurp aficionados. It comes at 14 seconds in. Read More
And here it is: video of the slurp heard round the world.
I don’t know who heard it but during the Rubio speech on CNN, as Rubio awkwardly reached for the water bottle, you could hear Wolf Blitzer let out this vaguely aghast “uh oh”. It was classic Wolf, just the intonation. Read More