January 27, 2011

Most Viewers Were Favorable to SOTU

January 27, 2011 Trish

77%

Number of people who felt “more optimistic” after watching Pres. Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, according to a CNN poll. Only 19% said it made them “more pessimistic.” Coincidentally, 19% of those polled were Republicans.

The Shameful Shibboleth

January 27, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

We all know Fox News and Glenn Beck are crazies,
Going around comparing liberals with Nazis.
Yeah, they’ve crossed the line,
And today in the Times
Murdoch caught hell from 400 rabbis.

Verbatim

January 27, 2011 Buck Banks

That was a tough speech to have to sit through and kind of try to stomach because the president is so off-base in his ideas. And his theme last night in the State of the Union was the ‘WTF,’ you know, ‘Winning the Future.’ And I thought, ‘OK, that acronym, spot on.’ There were a lot of ‘WTF’ moments throughout that speech.

— Celebtician Sarah Palin, in an interview on Fox News, on President Obama’s State of the Union address.

Verbatim

January 27, 2011 Buck Banks

Do Republicans have a push-back strategy? Not yet. The GOP is offering nothing on the public’s Issue One (jobs), while Obama is calling for spending on construction, education and energy. Republicans won in November by critiquing Democrats on Issue Two (the deficit), but Obama has laid a trap. Now that the GOP is running the House, it must deliver the superlean budget it promised without angering Tea Party passionistas who reject compromise with the White House. Obama is using his renewed strength to box the Republicans in.

— Mark Halperin, in Time magazine.

More Americans Have Favorable View of Republicans

January 27, 2011 Buck Banks

47%

Share of Americans who have a favorable than unfavorable (43%) opinion of the Republican Party for the first time since 2005. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s image is about equally positive (46%) and negative (47%), but is improved from last year.

Day: January 27, 2011

Most Viewers Were Favorable to SOTU

77%

Number of people who felt “more optimistic” after watching Pres. Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, according to a CNN poll. Only 19% said it made them “more pessimistic.” Coincidentally, 19% of those polled were Republicans.

The Shameful Shibboleth

Verbatim

— Celebtician Sarah Palin, in an interview on Fox News, on President Obama’s State of the Union address.

Verbatim

— Mark Halperin, in Time magazine.

More Americans Have Favorable View of Republicans

47%

Share of Americans who have a favorable than unfavorable (43%) opinion of the Republican Party for the first time since 2005. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s image is about equally positive (46%) and negative (47%), but is improved from last year.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

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1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.