With about a gazillion (or only thirty) people in attendence, Dems had a great Spring 2009 kickoff tonight, complete with pretzels, ginger snaps and, of course, Barack Obama.
In case you couldn’t be there, we primarily just watched President Obama’s first State of the Nation address and then discussed/dissected it afterwards.
Here are some important clips:
Obama on Debt, the Deficit and Spending
Obama on the Iraq War
Read the full script HERE and some interesting early reactions from the Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, and others. Also check out this interesting applause meter.
Our disucussion afterwards focussed on a few specific questions. Primarily, to what extent does Obama have to be bipartisan and what is it going to take to get Republicans to come to the middle (provided that’s what we want).
My answer to those questions, albeit a very ideological one is that, as long as Obama is doing what’s right, especially for our economy right, bipartisanship is not a factor and, if it doesn’t happen, it’s more of a Republican failure than his. To what extent am I right and to what extent do you think I’m wrong?
(PS: Next week, Tuesday, March3, 9.30, Axinn 229, Prof. Quinn Mecham talks with us about the Middle East)
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