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State of the Union

Jun 2017

Sunday morning talking heads

Jazz Shaw Jun 25, 2017 8:01 AM

Health care and tweeting and Russia, oh my!

Mar 2017

Polls: 76% who watched approved of Trump’s speech, 57% were “very positive” about it

Allahpundit Mar 01, 2017 11:21 AM

Change.

Feb 2017

Live at 9 p.m. ET: Trump’s first (sort of) State of the Union

Allahpundit Feb 28, 2017 8:31 PM

Showtime.

McMaster to Trump: Maybe don’t use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism” tonight

Allahpundit Feb 28, 2017 11:21 AM

“What the president decides to say from the House floor will be an early indication of McMaster’s clout within the administration.”

Feb 2016

Jeb: It’s “not important to me” whether there’s a vote on Obama’s SCOTUS nominee

Jazz Shaw Feb 14, 2016 12:31 PM

I think it matters quite a bit to the people you’d like to win over, though

Jan 2016

Pew: Deficit issues slip as voter priority in favor of economy and national security

Ed Morrissey Jan 22, 2016 6:41 PM

Gun control and climate change exactly where you’d expect to find them.

You’re welcome, America: Obama to celebrate the relentless awesomeness of his presidency in final SOTU

Allahpundit Jan 12, 2016 8:41 PM

Triumph.

Yep. Kim Davis is coming to the SoTU

Jazz Shaw Jan 12, 2016 10:41 AM

The gang’s all here

Nikki Haley to deliver GOP rebuttal to Obama’s final State of the Union speech

Allahpundit Jan 05, 2016 7:21 PM

Responses.

Jul 2015

Video: Bernie Sanders is modeling himself as the liberal Ted Cruz

Jazz Shaw Jul 06, 2015 12:01 PM

Down with the establishment! (Say the Democrats?)

Apr 2015

Video: CNN announces Jake Tapper to host State of the Union Sundays

Ed Morrissey Apr 24, 2015 12:01 PM

Upgrades.

Jan 2015

Obama: We’ve achieved victory in Europe. NATO: The fighting’s never been worse

Noah Rothman Jan 22, 2015 4:41 PM

Mortifying.

Should we just scrap the opposition “response” to the SOTU? Not so fast.

Jazz Shaw Jan 21, 2015 6:41 PM

Waste of space?

Obama economy “success” story woman in SOTU was a Democrat activist retread

Jazz Shaw Jan 21, 2015 5:21 PM

Play it again, Sam

SOTU open thread: Semi-retired troll ready to bring his troll A-game

Allahpundit Jan 20, 2015 8:01 PM

Seven.

Reminder: There is a hot war going on in Europe right now

Noah Rothman Jan 20, 2015 6:41 PM

Definitely “not a new Cold War.”

Video: 112 unfulfilled promises from Obama’s last five State of the Union addresses

Noah Rothman Jan 20, 2015 5:21 PM

Lasso the moon.

Even Obama’s allies in the press are calling his tax hike proposals a political ploy

Noah Rothman Jan 19, 2015 2:41 PM

Exposed.

Surprise: Obama to back tax hikes in State of the Union

Noah Rothman Jan 18, 2015 3:31 PM

Shocking.

No-brainer: Joni Ernst to deliver GOP rebuttal to Obama’s State of the Union address

Allahpundit Jan 15, 2015 8:41 PM

“It’s a long way from Red Oak, Iowa, to Washington, D.C.”

YOLO: Activists want Obama to endorse Washington D.C. statehood in State of the Union

Noah Rothman Jan 05, 2015 3:31 PM

Go for it.

Dec 2014

Boehner: Yes, we’re still going to invite Obama to deliver a State of the Union address

Allahpundit Dec 04, 2014 6:01 PM

“The more the president talks about his ideas, the more unpopular he becomes.”

Feb 2014

GOP to White House: If you won’t act on natural gas, we will

Erika Johnsen Feb 04, 2014 4:41 PM

Just sayin.’

Jan 2014

Surprise: Last night’s SOTU ratings the lowest of Obama’s presidency

Erika Johnsen Jan 29, 2014 8:01 PM

They’re just not that into you.

Video: Obama goes “from bold to bite-sized”

Ed Morrissey Jan 29, 2014 10:41 AM

Lame duck status confirmed.

The State of the Union: Six down… and two to go.

Erika Johnsen Jan 28, 2014 11:21 PM

Embrace the suck.

Open thread: Still three more of these to go, America, if you can believe it

Allahpundit Jan 28, 2014 8:01 PM

Sigh.

Nancy Pelosi: We Democrats certainly never treated President Bush this way

Erika Johnsen Jan 28, 2014 4:41 PM

“This obstruction to President Obama is something quite stunning, and something quite different.”

Instead of the president delivering the State of the Union, why not have him field questions from Congress instead?

Allahpundit Jan 24, 2014 4:01 PM

Nope.

Cathy McMorris-Rogers to deliver GOP’s State of the Union rebuttal

Allahpundit Jan 23, 2014 5:21 PM

Change.

Video: Citizens United is 4, world inexplicably has not ended yet

Mary Katharine Ham Jan 21, 2014 10:01 PM

Speech is good.

Obama administration turning to executive actions — yes, again — to push jobs

Erika Johnsen Jan 14, 2014 12:41 PM

…Wait — haven’t I written that headline before?

Feb 2013

Boehner on SOTU: It’s easy to go out there and act like Santa Claus

Erika Johnsen Feb 14, 2013 7:21 PM

Oh, snap.

Minimum-wage hike the wrong way to lift working poor

Ed Morrissey Feb 14, 2013 12:01 PM

Backfire.

Krauthammer: SOTU “a throwback to mid-20th-century liberalism”

Ed Morrissey Feb 14, 2013 8:01 AM

And doomed, says Politico.

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Feb 13, 2013 10:41 PM

Savior?

Less red tape, improved speed on oil-and-gas permits? Ok, let’s see it

Erika Johnsen Feb 13, 2013 9:21 PM

Putting our money where his mouth is.

Nielsen: Obama’s speech drew second-smallest SOTU audience of past 20 years?

Allahpundit Feb 13, 2013 8:41 PM

Fatigue?

Video: 58 trillion dimes and the parade of cliches

Ed Morrissey Feb 13, 2013 4:01 PM

“It appears President Obama’s chief speechwriter has been replaced by a cliché-generator circa 1960,” says ….

GOP: It’s probably about time to look into this dodgy wind-credit business

Erika Johnsen Feb 13, 2013 3:21 PM

To follow on the heels of Ed’s SOTU fact-check, President Obama pedaled yet another deliberately misleading fact last night that …

Obamanomics on parade: Hey, how about a minimum-wage hike to help the middle class?

Erika Johnsen Feb 13, 2013 12:41 PM

Facepalm.

Snow jobs and fantasy debt relief: Fact-checking the SOTU

Ed Morrissey Feb 13, 2013 11:21 AM

Cherry picking.

Rubio on the water: “God has a funny way of reminding us we’re human”

Allahpundit Feb 13, 2013 10:42 AM

Bread, and water, and circus.

Video: Rand Paul gives the Tea Party SOTU response

Ed Morrissey Feb 13, 2013 9:21 AM

“What America needs is not Robin Hood, but Adam Smith.”