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From the day he took office in January 2009, when the Rethuglicans launched their "Caucus Room Conspiracy" to block every single action proposed by Obama, their party has stayed unified in their absolute rejection and loathing of the President. There's absolutely no reason to believe that they will develop any interest in "governing" a Government that they despise.
UPDATE: A nice overview of the SOTU is provided by Paul Lewis of the Guardian.
UPDATE II: Looks like the President hit a home run (click on image to enlarge):
Attribution: CNN/ORC |
UPDATE III: Charlatan Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz (R-Calgary), not ready for prime time.
(cartoon: Tom Toles, via Gocomics.com)