Shrum says the Obama speech was the bookend to the Reagan Revolution

[malaise]

Liberals have seized the message.

[babylonsister]

1. He does, does he?

Great day for us!!!

[malaise]

3. Says he wish he had written that speech

and it's not jealousy but admiration

And yes it was a great day

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Turning, turning...the way it is.

[malaise]

5. The aspens have turned back

our way

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. You had to remind me of THOSE ASPENS?

[malaise]

11. I'll never forget that moment in history

[northoftheborder]

4. If true, about time.

[frazzled]

6. This was Obama's stated intention since 2008

He said his goal was to be a "transformational" president, like Reagan. By that, I knew at the time that he meant he wished to reclaim the national dialogue and recast it in a liberal light, as Reagan had done for conservative values three decades earlier.

I think he accomplished that today. Or at least began the next four years of changing the terms of discussion about our political philosophy. I believe he will succeed. The time is ripe for forcing Republicans to retreat on their strict philosophy and claim to be "progressive" along the terms Obama outlined today.

[Old and In the Way]

10. He's put the "conservative vision" on notice...

put up or shut up. They will shut up because they've become the Party of No - no ideas, no solutions, no respect, and no ability to run a socialist enterprise (government) in the 21st century society. They have become a rigid, anti-socialist ideology...rigor mortis has set in... Their ideas are Big Government Losers - abortion and immigration come to mind. Unless you have a certain social stratification or you're a complete moron, no one is interested in their platform.

[malaise]

12. Well the electorate vote for that agenda

and I actually agree with Shrum - the Hastert rule is dead, the Reagan rule is dead and taxes hae gone up for the rich.

[DonViejo]

7. Krauthammer kind of said the same thing today...

“I think very important historically because this this was really Obama unbound,” he said on Fox News. “And I think what’s most interesting is that Obama basically is declaring the end of Reaganism in this speech.”

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/reaction-obama-second-inaugural-address.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

[malaise]

14. Krauthammer said it after the election as well

[Takket]

8. Speeches are nice but a bookend reqires Policy in place.

nt

[Dawson Leery]

13. Obama will need to use his personal popularity

as well as OFA to get things passed in the GOP House.

[malaise]

15. Yep OFA will be key