2012 COTU (SOTU) Speech to a Joint Session of Congress official commentary

[Joe Biden 2020]

President Obama delivers the 2012 State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress tonight at 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT on all major networks.

COTU stands for "Campaign of the Union" Address as this will probably be just another Campaign speech for the President.

Can we sticky this for a few hours, please?

[Politico]

Hopefully it is his last one with Romney taking over next year. I like the man. I supported him four years ago. I still respect him since he is the president right now. However, his record is not worthy of re-election.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Hopefully it is his last one with Romney taking over next year.

How can that be if he's not even the nominee?

[Lief 🗽]

Please change the title of this thread to 2012 SOTU. "Campaign of the Union" doesn't make any sense, and has no place on this godly forum.

[Dereich]

How long before he says the equivalent of "the state of the union is good but could be better"?

[Marokai Backbeat]

Everyone have a shot, contribute their fair share, and play by the same rules? Ew, says Boehner.

[Politico]

Could the president be more full of it? He is completely isolated from what is really happening in the economy. This is what happens when you put a smooth-talking community organizer in the White House.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Boehner also apparently not a fan of GM doing well.

[memphis]

Boehner also apparently not a fan of GM doing well.

Of course he isn't. The GOP's #1 priority is making Obama a one termer.

[Dereich]

I can't tell whose going to fall asleep first; Boehner(sp?) or Biden.

[Bull Moose Base]

I still respect him since he is the president right now.

Could the president be more full of it?

[Yank2133]

Jackie gets a shout out!

[ajc0918]

Jackie gets a shout out!

LOL

[Politico]

I still respect him since he is the president right now.

Could the president be more full of it?

He's in full campaign mode (Michigan? Check. Wisconsin? Check. North Carolina? Check. Which swing state is next?), not giving a real State of the Union Address.

[Politico]

I can't tell whose going to fall asleep first; Boehner(sp?) or Biden.

I swear I saw Biden yawn a few minutes ago!

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

The thing is, I tend to think that this is sufficiently indistinct from the way Obama, Congressional Republicans, and all other interested parties have been acting for so long anyway that I really can't see it changing much of anything, politically or image-wise.

[Politico]

Does Obama realize you cannot dictate to the states what the age for dropping out is? And if somebody wants to drop out and does not have worthwhile parents to talk them out of it, let them! They're a lost cause. They're just going to be a distraction for kids who actually want to be there. Keeping a bunch of lost causes in school till they're 18 is wasting resources that would be better used on kids who actually want to learn. If they don't have it together by the time they're 16, after ten years of schooling, good riddance.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Damn, he just called out University's for rising tuition.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It's not about excuses, and you will never get any kind of amnesty.

[Marokai Backbeat]

It's not about excuses, and you will never get any kind of amnesty.

He did not argue for amnesty.

[LastVoter]

This is why Obama is better in speaking platitudes than Romney, Politico.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It's not about excuses, and you will never get any kind of amnesty.

He did not argue for amnesty.

Yes he did. If it doesn't include E-verify and a touchback requirement, it is amnesty.

[Politico]

Earth to Obama: $1 trillion deficits are unsustainable. It's why you are not going to get any new spending proposals passed. You have a constraint. Deal with it. Everybody else does.

[Politico]

This is why Obama is better in speaking platitudes than Romney, Politico.

Obama is the best speaker since Kennedy, probably, so there's no argument here. But being a good speaker does not make you a good executive, or make your Administration worthy of re-election.

[Marokai Backbeat]

It's not about excuses, and you will never get any kind of amnesty.

He did not argue for amnesty.

Yes he did. If it doesn't include E-verify and a touchback requirement, it is amnesty.

If you think we can realistically just deport millions of people, you are out of your mind. Some form of amnesty as part of a larger immigration scheme is the only realistic, pragmatic option.