Our Secretary of Energy should NOT be applauding fracking.

[Fearless]

That's all I have to say.

[MH1]

1. Yep, not enthused about the apparent sell-out to fracking.

But it's probably only half the sell-out that a republican president would do.

Sigh.

(and I'm a diehard Obama fan in general, so BOGrs leave me alone, he's wrong on this one, or doing a good feint of being wrong.)

[msanthrope]

2. Um dude--sec of energy was the cabinet member selected to not be there--who was applauding??? nt

[Champion Jack]

3. No shit

I wish Obama would come down here and see the fucking damage these assholes are doing to our rural community

[Fearless]

5. CBS begs to differ. Perhaps they're wrong. Either way. No thanks.

[Champion Jack]

9. Who cares what CBS says

I see it every day

[cprise]

10. CBS was just taken over by a former FOX News VP.

n/t

[mtnester]

4. You got that right

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. The Secretary of Energy is the designated survivor

if something major happened to the rest in the line of succession. He is nowhere close to the SOTU, beyond a TV in an underground shelter I suspect

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/28/22486061-and-the-designated-survivor-is

[Fearless]

7. See above.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. What is there to see? HE IS NOT IN THE CHAMBER

[jeff47]

11. You're gonna trust the 60-minutes network to get something right?

Here's ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/energy-secretary-held-state-union-speech-22273803
Time: http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/28/state-of-the-union-designated-survivor-ernest-moniz/
The Hill: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/196742-energy-secretary-named-designated-survivor-for-sotu

Oh, and from CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-of-the-union-both-parties-agree-the-economy-needs-a-boost/

Following a decades-long tradition, however, one cabinet member watched the speech from an undisclosed location where they would be safe from harm and able to assume the presidency in the event of an attack on the country. This year, the cabinet member will be Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who is 15th in the line of succession to the presidency.

[JDPriestly]

12. That was the only low point of the night.