The State of the Union Speech: The Rhetoric and the Reality

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2013

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Many of the themes in President Obama's first SOTU since his re-election were familiar from last year's campaign, as was the GOP reaction.

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.
0:08.0	The State of the Union speech, rhetoric and reality.
0:15.1	Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.
0:19.0	A dated look at the issues Americans care about most.
0:21.6	Last night's emotional moment came near the end when President Obama demanded a vote on gun control
0:26.3	with victims of gun violence in the audience.
0:29.6	The families of both Creek and Tucson and Blacksburg and the countless other communities
0:35.4	ripped open by gun violence, They deserve a simple vote.
0:39.2	A simple vote won't be easy in a divided Congress on gun control,
0:43.2	climate change, or a whole list of initiatives,
0:45.3	he said won't raise the deficit a single dime.
0:48.4	We'll hear divided reaction from an Obama supporter,
0:50.9	a critic of warmed over liberalism,
0:53.0	and a progressive with doubts about
0:54.5	follow-through.
0:55.7	On reporter's notebook, The Olympic Games, without wrestling?
0:58.7	First, here's the news.
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1:10.5	Continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone
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1:20.8	Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International
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