I don't have a dog in this fight, but...

Happy Monkey · 01-26-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Democrats need to be careful about all their gloom and doom scenarios, people don't want to vote for that and don't want water cooler talk to be dominated by it.

Sucks to be the Republican response to the SOTU, then.

Griff · 01-26-2012, 05:27 PM

SOTU is a very limited audience.

NEW YORK—The interest among television viewers in President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union addresses is dwindling.

The Nielsen measurement company said Wednesday an estimated 37.8 million people watched Obama's speech the night before on one of the 14 networks airing it. Obama's audience for the speech has dropped each year, from a high of 52.4 million in 2009.

Obama narrowly missed President George W. Bush's least-watched State of the Union. Bush's last one was seen by 37.5 million people in 2008.

Obama is good at optimism. Unfortunately, a lot of editorial writers on the left are like Krugman very negative. They give the impression that they don't believe in human progress which is pretty much an un-American outlook. Not that the GOP is doing any better this time around.

01-26-2012, 05:27 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	SOTU is a very limited audience. NEW YORK—The interest among television viewers in President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union addresses is dwindling. The Nielsen measurement company said Wednesday an estimated 37.8 million people watched Obama's speech the night before on one of the 14 networks airing it. Obama's audience for the speech has dropped each year, from a high of 52.4 million in 2009. Obama narrowly missed President George W. Bush's least-watched State of the Union. Bush's last one was seen by 37.5 million people in 2008. Obama is good at optimism. Unfortunately, a lot of editorial writers on the left are like Krugman very negative. They give the impression that they don't believe in human progress which is pretty much an un-American outlook. Not that the GOP is doing any better this time around. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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