First, a pair of apologies in advance. Due to time constraints & the fact I am
working on my iPhone, this diary will contain bizarre errors in spelling, grammar & usage,will be pretty brief for a diary & will have a certain telegram-like conservation of language. Please do no take any of these facts lead you to believe that I am a stupid or unseripus person.
Now the predictions:
- The center piece of the sotu will be a vigorous defense of & unabashed praise for the hcr bill that came out of the senate & a call for passage post haste.
- The spending freeze will ne part of a pivot in which Obama points out that hcr is a net budget deficit reducer, says that running deficits is appropriate & necessary in this economy & that the freeze is a small but important first step to restoring fiscal sanity after the irresposibility of the last admin.
- The main takeaway from the sotu will be the hcr. Spending freeze will be way behind in terns of buzz.
- Many erstwhile supporters cum doubters/critics will find themselves back in enthusiastic support mode @ least temporarily after sotu.
- Congressional dems will rally to pass hcr by early feb.
- Coakley by 12.