This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. Progressive Blog Digest documents the failure and decline of the Republican party and the efforts of the Obama administration to build a new, lasting Democratic coalition.
Five best moments: Daily Beast
Other highlights: New York Magazine
Reaction to the State of the Union: Political Wire
Analyses–What Obama Is Really Trying to Do in the State of the Union Address: New York Magazine
Here are 7 policies Obama just said he’d pursue without Congress : Washington Post
For all of his talk of action, President Obama offered nothing but modest proposals: Slate
“This wasn’t the presidency Barack Obama had in mind after winning his historic election five years ago. But it is the one he believes he has left,” the Washington Post reports: Political Wire
Relaxed, Good-Natured, and Pretty Effective: Mother Jones
Full text and video: New York Times
The best five SOTUs: Washington Post
Top five
Top five things Republicans hated in the State of the Union speech: Daily Kos
“The hardest day of the year”
Maintaining his composure during the State of the Union — while sitting on camera and directly behind the president as Obama delivers his remarks — makes for the “hardest day of the year,” Boehner said. : Rollcall
All the Republican responses
When one response becomes five: Rachel Maddow Show
It’s not the President’s speech that makes news, but the reactions to it: Daily Beast
Republican responses: Washington Monthly
More Republican responses: Daily Kos
Including this response
GOP congressman calls Obama a ‘Socialist dictator’: Washington Post
Boehner warns Obama
Boehner warns Obama not to go around Congress: Political Wire
Boehner’s brick wall: Washington Monthly
What the Republicans want to do
House Republicans vote to ban abortion coverage that’s not in Obamacare: Daily Kos
Republicans have an Obamacare replacement. Economists will love it, real people won’t: Wonkblog
Republican incoherence on immigration, nicely summarized: Daily Kos
Republicans still being dicks: Daily Kos
The kind of people they are
Well here’s something you don’t see every day. A New York congressman threatening a reporter live on air: Crooks and Liars
See the rest of today’s clips at Progressive Blog Digest.