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This article first appeared on Slate. When Barack Obama gives his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday night, it will be the first time he faces a Republican-controlled Congress. Many of the GOP newcomers believe they won because voters r stanley cup epudiated the president s policies. Republicans feel emboldened. The president will tell the new majority that for the first time in six years he can declare the economy on sound footing. His policies have been a success. He feels emboldened. The economy is stronger, and he feels in a stronger political position as a result, says an Obama aide. There is always a political disconnect at the heart of the State of the Union--just watch a member of the opposing party fuss over whether to applaud--but the gap is wider this year. It s the difference between showing up to a fire with an extinguisher and showing up with grilling tongs. Obama leaks State of the Union address 01:31 stanley shop We know what the president will say because for the last few weeks he has traveled to Iowa, Michigan, and Arizona to lay out programs like items at a yard stanley website sale. He s promoting lower mortgage insurance rates, free community college, new consumer protections, a paid family-leave plan, and new financing for infrastructure projects. His biggest thematic thrust revolves around a tax swap: increas Nnav Joe Wilson: Don t Expect You Lie! Repeat
NOONAN DEFINES REASONABLE ....The WSJ s Peggy Noonan argues today that her top characteristic when evaluating presidential candidates is reasonableness. The former Reagan speechwriter insists:We are grown-ups, we know our country needs greatness, but we do not expect it and will settle at the moment for good. We just want a reasonable person. We would like a candidate who does not appear to be obviously insane. We d like knowledge, judgment, a prudent understanding of the world and of the ways and histories of the men and women in it.At face value, there s nothing especially offensive about this standard. Noonan is setting the bar fairly low -- not insane isn stanley mugg t exactly a compelling campaign pitch -- but she s sketched out a relatively practical model.That is, until Noonan starts applying her standards to specific candidates. Here s her take on the former stanley cups uk senator from North Carolina:John Edwards is not reasonable. All the Democrats would raise taxes as president, but Mr. Edwards s populism is the worst of both worlds, both intemperate and insincere. Also we can t have a president who spent two minutes on YouTube staring in a mirror and poofing his hair. Really, we just can t.Noonan had just finished arguing that American voters are gr stanley cup own-ups, and then she turns around and takes on John Edwards hair, suggesting brushing one s hair before a TV interview is somehow a disqualifying factor for a presidential candidate. He s just not reasonable enough.What s more, Glenn Gr
This article first appeared on Slate. When Barack Obama gives his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday night, it will be the first time he faces a Republican-controlled Congress. Many of the GOP newcomers believe they won because voters r stanley cup epudiated the president s policies. Republicans feel emboldened. The president will tell the new majority that for the first time in six years he can declare the economy on sound footing. His policies have been a success. He feels emboldened. The economy is stronger, and he feels in a stronger political position as a result, says an Obama aide. There is always a political disconnect at the heart of the State of the Union--just watch a member of the opposing party fuss over whether to applaud--but the gap is wider this year. It s the difference between showing up to a fire with an extinguisher and showing up with grilling tongs. Obama leaks State of the Union address 01:31 stanley shop We know what the president will say because for the last few weeks he has traveled to Iowa, Michigan, and Arizona to lay out programs like items at a yard stanley website sale. He s promoting lower mortgage insurance rates, free community college, new consumer protections, a paid family-leave plan, and new financing for infrastructure projects. His biggest thematic thrust revolves around a tax swap: increas Nnav Joe Wilson: Don t Expect You Lie! Repeat
NOONAN DEFINES REASONABLE ....The WSJ s Peggy Noonan argues today that her top characteristic when evaluating presidential candidates is reasonableness. The former Reagan speechwriter insists:We are grown-ups, we know our country needs greatness, but we do not expect it and will settle at the moment for good. We just want a reasonable person. We would like a candidate who does not appear to be obviously insane. We d like knowledge, judgment, a prudent understanding of the world and of the ways and histories of the men and women in it.At face value, there s nothing especially offensive about this standard. Noonan is setting the bar fairly low -- not insane isn stanley mugg t exactly a compelling campaign pitch -- but she s sketched out a relatively practical model.That is, until Noonan starts applying her standards to specific candidates. Here s her take on the former stanley cups uk senator from North Carolina:John Edwards is not reasonable. All the Democrats would raise taxes as president, but Mr. Edwards s populism is the worst of both worlds, both intemperate and insincere. Also we can t have a president who spent two minutes on YouTube staring in a mirror and poofing his hair. Really, we just can t.Noonan had just finished arguing that American voters are gr stanley cup own-ups, and then she turns around and takes on John Edwards hair, suggesting brushing one s hair before a TV interview is somehow a disqualifying factor for a presidential candidate. He s just not reasonable enough.What s more, Glenn Gr