President Barack Obama's call for a partial freeze on domestic spending for three years starting in 2011 is getting a lot of discussion in the aftermath of the State of The Union speech.
As pundits and talking heads break down every last sentence uttered by Obama and his supporters and opponents, the spending freeze is gobbling up a lot of attention and trigger a lot of different opinions. Apparently the folks on the left call the idea insane, while many conservatives have said it's a drop in the bucket ploy.
Hmmm... both sides are unhappy huh?
Meanwhile, there's been a lot of focus on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alitomouthing the words "not true" when Obama brought up the recent court decision that would allow for unfettered corporate donations during elections.
Obama asked Congress to work to curb the influence of the ruling and keep corporations and foreign entities from flexing undue muscle in the American political process. But he did so with six justices seated stoically in the front row of the chamber.
Here's a breakdown of Alito from the lip readers at Politico.
And the early returns on Gov. Bob McDonnell's speech appear good, a simple, short, small government message delivered in a warm room. The new Republican governor isn't getting high marks for originality from the pundits like University of Virginia's Larry Sabato who sent out some updates during McDonnell's speech.
Sabato broke down the content and the tone on his twitter account.
"Live audience for McDonnell talk helped him. Much improvement over last year's Jindal disaster. But nothing new--usual GOP talking points."
"Amusing mixed messages. Calls for bipartisanship intertwined with partisan attacks,like back & forth of family spats or children's quarrels."
Jindal really shattered the glass floor of expectations for people huh?
But Sabato saved his harshest words for the crowd at the Capitol.
"Reactions from the peanut gallery actually interfere with the absorption of the messages in a speech. Puppets & cheerleaders are tiresome. "
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