What the impact of the speech will be is yet to be determined. It's certainly not about getting Obama elected to anything; he's not running for anything.
One impact that the speech could have is establishing a new floor for Democrats in talking about the Warren issues. Like, if you're not at least as good on these issues as POTUS was in the SOTU, then send in the next contestant, thanks for playing. Hopefully, groups like MoveOn, Democracy of America and the Congressional Progressive Caucus will take on the project of establishing this as a new floor... Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/21/15 7:56 AM, Robert Naiman wrote: > > Here is a summary of "middle class economics" policy ideas from the > > SOTU, culled from the New York Times article. > > > > This speech served the same purpose as his 2008 campaign speeches about > hope and change. The cynicism is palpable. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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