June 19, 2013

Obama’s SOTU Ratings Down in Total Viewers

President Barack Obama hugs U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) before delivering his State of the Union address on January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC.

*Fewer and fewer viewers are tuning in for President Obama’s annual State of the Union address. According to Nielsen, 37.7 million viewers watched Tuesday night’s speech on 14 networks. That was down more than 13 percent compared to last year’s speech, which averaged 42.7 million viewers across eleven networks, notes The Hollywood Reporter. In fact, [...]




Liberals Not Happy With Obama Spending Freeze

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*President Obama’s next attempt to win over centrists-he is expected to call for a freeze on non-security discretionary spending during the State of the Union address Wednesday night-has some experts balking. Brad DeLong calls the president “Barack Herbert Hoover Obama” and points out that, in 2011, Obama’s plan will lower GDP by $35 billion and [...]