POLITICO By BYRON TAU | 1/25/12 (Jay Westcott/POLITICO). President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934. The University of Minnesota’s Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last
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Washington Post Fact checking the 2012 State of the Union speech Glenn Kessler 01/25/2012 A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes
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FOX NEWS Executive Branch – POLITICS Published January 24, 2012 | Associated Press WASHINGTON – It was a wish list, not a to-do list. President Obama’s array of plans in his State of the Union speech was light on a key piece of context — namely, that his hands are so tied until after the
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Hour of Newt By The Editors January 25, 2012 12:00 P.M. South Carolina Republicans delivered what former president George W. Bush once called a “thumpin’” to Mitt Romney. Republicans have too many misgivings about Romney — misgivings we share — to give him a shortcut to the nomination. He will have
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JANUARY 24, 2012 Walker’s reforms are saving money, which unions cannot forgive. They swore revenge for his offenses, and last week Wisconsin Democrats delivered what they say are a million signatures for the recall of Republican Governor Scott Walker. If they do make the ballot and cause a recall vote as early as this spring,
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JANUARY 25, 2012 The Gingrich Challenge A test for Romney, GOP officials, and the former speaker himself. Newt Gingrich’s sweeping victory in South Carolina throws the GOP Presidential contest into a useful uproar and poses a challenge for Mitt Romney, what’s left of the Republican establishment, and not least for Mr. Gingrich himself. We’ll see
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JANUARY 20, 2012 He’s a Reaganaut with executive experience and discipline. By JOHN BOLTON With America’s future at stake in November, I decided to support Mitt Romney for three reasons: his Reaganaut philosophy, executive experience and general-election campaign strengths. Our country’s political focus on economic recovery has allowed President Obama to escape responsibility for his
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JANUARY 20, 2012 Unlike Mitt Romney, who is burdened by his continued defense of RomneyCare, Newt can fully take on the president. By BILL MCCOLLUM As the attorney general who filed the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, I care deeply
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January 24, 2012 By Dennis Prager 1/24/2012 As an American, a Republican, and a fiscal and social conservative — and though I have endorsed no Republican candidate — there is one thing that would disturb me greatly if Mitt Romney were not the Republican nominee: if Romney’s Mormon faith were a factor in his defeat.
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