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Grading Obama’s State of the Union Address

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    Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley on the President’s State of the Union speech.

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Action largely out the large DR did sort -- -- -- is spending is is we brought up tonight.

Bob what that my name historically for this present he's got the market win that is back.

Historian Douglas Brinkley -- right now you know presidents are not.

You know lose.

Totally naive about what's going on the markets this -- alluded to the market strength of -- how much you think that's gonna play into what he does going forward.

Think things are gonna change much because this speech -- I think was pretty predictable.

-- I do feel that you know that minimum wage issue -- -- might get to employers wondering there's suddenly.

On the present seems to be behind they're raising it to nine dollars and -- I think that's made a little bit of news tonight.

But it's on -- that W -- they they ought to business have argued that got -- there's never good products.

But they chartered particularly now especially now in hearing the president is trumpet more charges -- it might be coming their way.

And calls -- a little balls at some of the might take advantage of what regardless.

They're gonna get -- again.

Yeah I was surprised that that -- it was.

The part of it that surprised me tonight so we'll we'll see if that tracks on my thought the immigration reform and you're -- -- Body language chuckle there could be said it after -- some bipartisan agreement on that there seem to -- more applause coming.

From conservatives on that on the other hand the climate.

Change per person -- Obama now he put -- paragraph and climate in the inaugural.

Followed by -- not -- he actually went after oil companies tonight.

And so it made -- question I thought he was probably gonna back the Keystone Pipeline for example after tonight's speech I'm not so sure -- -- Allowing -- that I can assist CEMIG -- idea much and reserves of over -- -- Michael Reagan about all the jerseys dad made it's a bone meal on the left to try to.

You know -- broker some agreements to try to help in the next four years.

On that might happen what does president it didn't happen tonight when -- -- -- from the no I I think come the -- the inaugural the second inaugural -- left such a speech in this was left senator.

Own speech tonight that this system this is my senators and missiles.

-- -- -- I guess -- -- I think if you're rotten that -- idea but I I know you're saying well let's man I didn't see odds olive branch holding you know.

Well just with -- that fierce full talk about you know our armed forces and the judges and winding -- and Afghanistan and now.

-- and then also you know he's really working on the issue of women and talked about women in the military it was a a young boiler -- democratic on the evening in I think the gun control -- the person became most passionate.

To a few others did you budgets and an historic one of the greatest historians -- -- -- -- Did did -- him -- issue of our time I think gives this debt Namibia too much of -- numbers mattered to obsess about it.

But I said -- much and George Bush says much of this president.

Barely any reference to an all barely care in the world about it should I be concerned about that.

-- I thought it -- a little more -- was and there are well got a couple points but you know this was more bail lay out of his whole loan administration's.

Point of view in the world I think -- all have to be -- march.

Is approaching sequestration is gonna -- -- -- -- didn't say how does a secret straits it is better then even considering -- -- so they'll -- the secret storage and in two weeks in -- -- we go what America.

Then that may happen in -- talk.

To some people in government all departments are getting ready for right now around four.

On the inevitable so -- -- this was just a a speech as these tend to be.

It I think the person and enhanced himself in the sense of well.

Go up in the polls may be a couple points from -- but will be back up but we're getting results next week is days surgeons do the -- some of the swing was -- some of the general public usually because your dominating a prime time Merck.

Marco Rubio did a good job but he's in a room just staring at a camera there -- the atmosphere -- the same as the power walking in and and now being able to control -- of the congressional audience like that -- traditionally presidents get a bump out of the state of hand union addresses no matter what they say.

Douglas for America there was had -- -- -- much about thank you very very much Douglas Brinkley he did the historian of record on all things -- record here and then tonight.

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