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12:35 PM ET, January 29, 2014

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Ted Cruz / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz: The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama  —  In the nation's history, there is simply no precedent for an American president so wantonly ignoring federal law.  —  Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the president's persistent pattern of lawlessness …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Bush speechwriter: Obama plagiarized Bush  —  President George W. Bush's former speech writer said that President Barack Obama plagiarized his former boss in Tuesday's State of the Union address.  —  Speaking to Fox News's Megyn Kelly, Marc Thiessen, the lead writer on Bush's 2007 State …
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Good Speech, Modest Agenda, Diminished Leader  —  Americans may have already tuned out Barack Obama.  —  Is that all there is?  —  In what may be his last, best chance to revive a presidency that has fallen far short of its promise, Barack Obama unveiled his 2014 agenda Tuesday night …
First Read / firstread.nbcnews.com:
First Thoughts: On the road again
Brett M. Decker / USA Today:
Less speech, more competence: Column
Discussion: americanthinker.com
The Huffington Post:
State Of The Union Poll Gives Obama Positive Marks
Discussion: Gallup and Taylor Marsh
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Three quick State of the Union observations
Discussion: National Review
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:   Obama's Big-Time Small Ball
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama prepared to avoid Congress, go it alone on carrying out modest initiatives
NY1:
Rep. Grimm Threatens NY1 Reporter Following State of the Union … Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm physically threatened NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto at the conclusion of an interview in the Capitol Rotunda following Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Rep. Grimm Threatens Journalist After SOTU
Discussion: The Raw Story
New York Times:
Text and Video of Obama's State of the Union Address  —  Following is the transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address, as transcribed by the Federal News Service.  —  MR. OBAMA: Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The State of the Union: Make it stop  —  Blame Woodrow Wilson, who broke a century-old presidential tradition of delivering the State of the Union message only in writing.  Blame Harry Truman, the first chief executive to make the address on television, or Lyndon Johnson, the first to do so in prime time.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Army Ranger steals Obama's thunder  —  Cory Remsburg stole the show at Tuesday's State of the Union address.  —  President Obama's tribute to the Army Ranger severely wounded on his 10th deployment to Afghanistan brought the entire House chamber to its feet, offering a bipartisan ovation far longer …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CBS News:   Obama's 2014 State of the Union address: Full text
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Obama to put women's issues ‘front and center’ in address
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Mike Lee tea party response: Barack Obama at fault for inequality  —  Sen. Mike Lee tried to challenge the Democrats on their own turf by discussing an “inequality crisis” in his official tea party rebuttal to the State of the Union on Tuesday, while fellow tea party darling Sen. Rand Paul struck …
Discussion: CNN, Scared Monkeys and American Power
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
ANALYSIS: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers comes through for GOP in SOTU response
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and WFPL
Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Graham Says World ‘Literally About to Blow Up’  —  After praising President Barack Obama on immigration, South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted the foreign policy portion of the State of the Union speech.  —  “The world is literally about to blow up,” Graham said, saying he completely disagrees with Obama on Iran policy.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:   Lindsey Graham Says ‘The World Is Literally About To Blow Up’
Politico:
GOP ready to surrender on debt ceiling  —  House Republicans are getting ready to surrender: There will be no serious fight over the debt limit.  —  The most senior figures in the House Republican Conference are privately acknowledging that they will almost certainly have to pass what's called …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Dems enter legal fray over ObamaCare birth-control mandate  —  Scores of House Democrats entered the legal fight over ObamaCare's birth-control mandate Tuesday, filing an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in defense of the contentious coverage requirement.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Steve Stockman Says He Walked Out Of SOTU  —  Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) couldn't bear to watch President Barack Obama promise to abuse his constitutional powers, his office said, so Tuesday night he walked right out of the State of the Union address.  —  “Tonight I left early after hearing …
Discussion: Liberaland and Trail Blazers Blog
Richard Alleyne / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama's high school pot dealer who he thanked for the ‘good times’ was beaten to death with a hammer by his gay lover after fights over flatulence and drugs  — Raymond Boyer was known as ‘Gay Ray’ to Obama and his marijuana smoking ‘Choom Gang’ of privately-educated kids at Hawaiian high school
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and VodkaPundit
New York Times:
For Christie, Politics Team Kept a Focus on Two Races  —  His campaign called them “the Top 100,” the swing towns that Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey wanted to win as he prepared for a re-election campaign.  Capturing these towns, sometimes referred to as mini-Ohios or mini-Floridas …
Discussion: susiemadrak.com
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Not as Many U.S. States Lean Democratic in 2013  —  Parties now about equal in state party leanings, 17 to 14  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Blue states outnumbered red states in the U.S. last year, 17 to 14, according to Gallup Daily tracking of party preferences.  That three-state advantage …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Why Kerry Is Scary  —  TEL AVIV — It is pretty clear …
Discussion: Guardian, Mondoweiss and Israel Matzav
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Gridlock continues as unspeakably horrible commute home stretches into second day
Discussion: Hot Air
Politico:
The Case Against Early Voting
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Deport Justin Bieber petition tops 100K
Discussion: The Verge and RYOT News
NorthJersey.com:
Governor Christie's brother invested in houses near new PATH station in Harrison
Discussion: Liberaland and Hinterland Gazette
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“Whatever, Guys ...”  —  I mentioned during the speech …
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Peter Travers / Rolling Stone:
Pope Francis: The Times They Are A-Changin'
Discussion: National Review, Guardian and BuzzFeed
USA Today:
Obama should have talked about marriage: Column
Discussion: National Review
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Jill Biden Breaks Wrist in Fall, in Cast for Weeks
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