Presidential Address

It Will Take a Mission

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

This week, in Obama's Oval Office speech on the oil spill, he used the term "mission." That's the right word. It will take a purposeful commitment to a mission of change to truly respond to the epiphany in the Gulf.

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Jason Linkins

GOP Rebuttal: McDonnell Changes Optics, Plays It Safe

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last time a Virginia governor was tasked with the rebuttal it was Tim Kaine, and the big takeaway was that the DNC was going to have to add a line item for eyebrow wrangling into their operational budget.

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Jason Linkins

SOTU: The Media's Malformed Narratives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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So, how is our mainstream media doing at entrenching its narratives ahead of tonight's State Of The Union address? Comically well, it seems! Let's ta...

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Obama To Bring Troops Home!

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Gregory

Obama announced that he will deploy 30,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan, promising to bring them home just in time to vote in the next presidential election.

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Bobby Jindal, the Folksy Hero?

Yuna Shin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yuna Shin

Here is what Bobby Jindal did wrong. He tried too hard to sound like everyone else. He tried to be the folksy hero that the Republicans have tried to serve up every election.

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Three "Anything But Ordinary" Americans Who Inspired The President (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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***Scroll down for slideshow.*** Last night, Obama gave his first address before congress. But the real winners of the evening were the ordinary citi...

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Katie Couric On Biden: "There's The White Guy" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the CBS introductory coverage of President Obama's first address to Congress, Katie Couric poked fun at Vice President and white male Joe Biden. "N...

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Harry Lee: Bobby Jindal Quoted Race-Profiling Lawman

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his response to Barack Obama tonight, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke glowingly of the late Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. It was a curious...

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Sam Stein

Obama Speech: The Applause Lines, The Laughs, The Cool Reactions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's address before Congress on Tuesday night was heavy on optimism, short on numbers, filled with lofty rhetoric and lined with emotion....

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Michelle Obama's Arms Inspire At Presidential Address (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Obama displayed her own 'flinty Chicago toughness' on Tuesday night as she braved the cold conditions of February, and looked stunning in a s...

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