Morning in Obama's America-The president sounds like Reagan-His opponents have a bad case of malaise

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Robert Shrum
Morning in Obama's America
The president sounds like Reagan. His opponents have a bad case of malaise
posted on January 27, 2011, at 4:05 PM

Morning in Obama's America The president sounds like Reagan. His opponents have a bad case of malaise

State of the Union addresses are often a wash; the one Obama delivered this week was a watershed. The evening produced two visions, one hopeful, the other infused with fear; one delivered from high ground, the other emerging from a low bog of grievance, gloom, and doom. The events of the coming months and the direction of the 2012 campaign will be shaped by the terrain that each camp has claimed.

The American people get it. The Republicans don't. In their downbeat responses, the official one and the Tea Party artifact, Representative Paul Ryan and his Palindrone colleague Michele Bachmann in effect renounced Reagan's optimism and darkly warned that the country's best days may be behind us.

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http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/211519/morning-in-obamas-america