WATER BOTTLE MOMENT From the WashPost, “The job of responding to the State of the Union address is a thankless task…. At worst, the responder looks like he’s taped a hostage video. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal still hasn’t recovered from his much mocked response in 2009.” Fox News Latino wrote,...
FirstRead notes that, “President Obama laid out nearly two dozen proposals, … but his speech was met by a brick wall of Republican opposition. … “Following four years of this president's unwillingness to challenge liberal dogma, we got more of the same,” McConnell said. That echoed House Speaker John Boehner’s...
“The most striking aspect of Obama’s State of the Union address, writes NJ’s Ronald Brownstein, was how unreservedly he articulated the views of the coalition that reelected him, and how little need he felt to qualify those views for fear of alienating voters beyond it. There was a confidence bordering...
From The Fix, “President Obama set the tone for his second term Tuesday ... polls suggest most of his big proposals have broad public support. That doesn’t mean, of course, that Congress will pass the bills, but it does suggest that the president is pushing ideas that the American public...
From NJ Hotline, “President Obama's State of the Union honed in on many of the themes that have characterized his post-election agenda thus far: A focus on the coalition of voters who delivered him a second term and a critique of a Congress he sees as both obstructionist and dysfunctional....
Making sure your voice is heard – by elected officials, government and the public – matters to us. That’s why Capstone National Partners has established a public relations division, led by Joshua Morby. Morby, along with Kate Venne, will bring their expertise in public relations, social media and coalition building,...