latimes.com - 2/25/2009
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Reporting from Washington -- When Herbert Hoover said on the eve of the Great Depression that "prosperity is around the corner," he was ridiculed as blindly optimistic, and shantytowns were mockingly named "Hoovervilles." When Jimmy Carter said a "national malaise" was behind U.S. economic woes ...
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... POTUS speech big media reax here, here, here and here.
Bloggy reax here, here, here and here.
The FDL liveblog here, here and here.
Good news for Detroit.
The GOP + Twitter = still a cluster.
US out of Iraq update.
But...but...the death penalty deters violent crime!
Rupert: my bad.
Coverage Roundup: The Speech
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... Lede: President Barack Obama, in his first formal address to Congress, straddled the divide between fear and hope Tuesday night, declaring the "day of reckoning has arrived" for an indulgent nation but vowing to lead a recovery from the deepest recession since World War II. Los Angeles Times Headline: Obama Mixes Optimism and Hard Truths Lede: When Herbert Hoover said on the eve of the Great Depression that "prosperity is around the corner," he was ridiculed as blindly optimistic, and shantytowns were mockingly named "Hoovervilles." When Jimmy Carter said a "national ...
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