by Richard Eskow | Jan 30, 2014 | Financial Reform, State of the Union
How did Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech resonate on Wall Street? Sometimes the old saying is literally true: Silence is golden. Here are some of the words and phrases that did not appear in President Obama’s speech: “Wall Street,” “bank,” “regulation,”...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 29, 2014 | Conservatism, State of the Union
How Many Republicans does it take to respond to the State of the Union address? The flurry of GOP responses to the State of the union reflect both the party’s disarray and the growing distance between the GOP and the majority of Americans. This year, our Republicans...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 29, 2014 | Economy, Populist Majority, State of the Union
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday before President Obama's State of the Union address, and a Democracy Corps focus group polled during the speech, indicate that President Obama wins, and Democrats in Congress will win, with a progressive...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2014 | Economy, Progressive Vision, State of the Union
In a State of the Union address that lasted over an hour, President Obama called on Congress to raise the minimum wage, announced he would act immediately to issue an executive order lifting the lowest wages of government contract workers, and urged companies to join...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 28, 2014 | Progressive Vision, State of the Union
Guides to the president’s State of the Union address are a dime a dozen. The annual ritual has even spawned drinking games: a shot for every time the president gets a standing O from both parties if you want to stay sober, one for every partisan ovation if you want to...
by Damon Silvers | Jan 27, 2014 | Progressive Vision, State of the Union
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama is going to give his fifth State of the Union address. The president is likely to call for policies that will help working people, like an increase in the minimum wage and the extension of unemployment benefits to the long-term...