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		<title>Top 10 State of the Union Moments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Marco Rubio Responds to Obama&#8217;s State of the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Grunwald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s just stipulate that the response to the State of the Union is a lousy assignment. There’s no audience, no applause, no podium where you can stash water within easy reaching distance. You inevitably look like you’re filming a hostage video, or an ad for your local car dealership, or a podcast in your basement. You have to respond to a speech you haven’t even heard, and your role is strictly partisan; your job is to attack the president, who can look like a statesman because he doesn’t have to stoop to attack you. You basically have to predict doom, and it’s tough to do that without sounding like you’re rooting for doom. (WATCH: Liveblogging Obama&#8217;s State of the Union Address) So considering the circumstances, Florida senator Marco Rubio did OK. It was nowhere near his best speech, but it was nowhere near the clueless-dweeb disaster that turned Bobby Jindal into a Kenneth the Page punchline in 2009. As usual, Rubio was most compelling when he talked about his working-class parents, his student loans, and his modest bedroom community; on policy, he mostly rehashed familiar anti-Obama talking points about big government, tax hikes and Solyndra. He can be mesmerizing talking optimistically about free enterprise and American exceptionalism and the American Dream; he sounded sour and defensive whining about Obama’s suggestions that Republicans protect the rich. He barely talked about immigration, the issue where he had such interesting things to say in our cover story this week. But Rubio didn’t embarrass himself. He got to introduce himself to millions of Americans who missed his Republican National Convention speech because they were still in shock over the Clint Eastwood fiasco. He talked about the middle class, while reminding the country that he’s part of it. And the media hubbub over his awkward lunge for his Poland Springs bottle—Watergate!—might help distract from his generic rehash of Mitt Romney’s policy playbook. If Republicans believe that they lost in 2012 because Romney was a boring rich white guy who alienated Hispanics, they got to see<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87929&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Calls on His Supporters to Rally After Tuesday&#8217;s Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Steinmetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Obama finished his State of the Union address, he picked up the phone. The President got on a call with supporters on behalf of Organizing for Action (OFA), his new nonprofit, which inherited the grassroots scaffolding that the 2012 campaign built. As in his address, Obama spoke of community and hinted at congressional heel dragging. He also talked about hashtags. OFA staffers, including former campaign manager Jim Messina, repeated keywords from the State of the Union address: climate change, gun violence, immigration reform, jobs, jobs, jobs. Messina addressed listeners as Obama&#8217;s &#8220;grassroots army,&#8221; calling on them to demand that Congress act on the President&#8217;s plans. (WATCH: Live-Blogging Obama’s State of the Union Address) Executive director Jon Carson promised that the OFA team would continue to train volunteers to deliver Obama&#8217;s message across backyard fences. He especially emphasized the importance of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, which was deliberate foreshadowing. That battle is moving from the Senate to the House, where Republicans resisted reauthorization last year. If the GOP fails to reauthorize the act again, it will become a battering ram for Democrats seeking to divorce conservatives from the female vote in the midterm elections. Obama then made a brief, conversational cameo. &#8220;This is not just about me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is about us.&#8221; He warned of Tuesday night&#8217;s conversations — and by implicit extension, his speech — becoming empty words. He said the 2012 win came with responsibility to follow through on ideas, and that in some instances, following through would mean prodding Congress to get with their program. He also plugged #jobsnow, as his staff did after him. It was a reminder on this historic night that Obama is the first President, but presumably not the last, who will have valued hashtags as political currency. (MORE: State of the Union: No Obama Doctrine on Foreign Policy) Tuesday&#8217;s speech was preceded by pundits wondering when the second-term President would become a lame duck. It&#8217;s February. He&#8217;s got some time. But the postspeech call underscored the difficultly in building<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87925&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;They Deserve a Vote&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the camera panned over the families of the victims of gun violence in Newtown, Tuscon, and Chicago, President Obama proclaimed, &#8220;they deserve a vote&#8221; in Congress. Here is the transcript: Of course, what I’ve said tonight matters little if we don’t come together to protect our most precious resource – our children. It has been two months since Newtown. I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence. But this time is different. Overwhelming majorities of Americans – Americans who believe in the 2nd Amendment – have come together around commonsense reform – like background checks that will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun. Senators of both parties are working together on tough new laws to prevent anyone from buying guns for resale to criminals. Police chiefs are asking our help to get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets, because they are tired of being outgunned. Each of these proposals deserves a vote in Congress. If you want to vote no, that’s your choice. But these proposals deserve a vote. Because in the two months since Newtown, more than a thousand birthdays, graduations, and anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun. One of those we lost was a young girl named Hadiya Pendleton. She was 15 years old. She loved Fig Newtons and lip gloss. She was a majorette. She was so good to her friends, they all thought they were her best friend. Just three weeks ago, she was here, in Washington, with her classmates, performing for her country at my inauguration. And a week later, she was shot and killed in a Chicago park after school, just a mile away from my house. Hadiya’s parents, Nate and Cleo, are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen Americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. They deserve a vote. Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87877&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Marco Rubio&#8217;s Response to Obama&#8217;s State of the Union Address (Transcript)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TIME Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - Following is the full text of Sen. Marco Rubio&#8217;s (R-FL) Republican Address to the Nation, as prepared for delivery: Good evening. I&#8217;m Marco Rubio. I’m blessed to represent Florida in the United States Senate. Let me begin by congratulating President Obama on the start of his second term. Tonight, I have the honor of responding to his State of the Union address on behalf of my fellow Republicans.  And I am especially honored to be addressing our brave men and women serving in the armed forces and in diplomatic posts around the world. You may be thousands of miles away, but you are always in our prayers. The State of the Union address is always a reminder of how unique America is. For much of human history, most people were trapped in stagnant societies, where a tiny minority always stayed on top, and no one else even had a chance. But America is exceptional because we believe that every life, at every stage, is precious, and that everyone everywhere has a God-given right to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them. Like most Americans, for me this ideal is personal. My parents immigrated here in pursuit of the opportunity to improve their life and give their children the chance at an even better one. They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn’t inherit any money from them. But I inherited something far better – the real opportunity to accomplish my dreams. This opportunity – to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter where you start out in life – it isn’t bestowed on us from Washington.  It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to open a business. And when they succeed, they hire more people, who in turn invest or spend the money they make, helping others start a business and create jobs. Presidents in both parties – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan – have known that our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity. But President Obama?  He believes it’s the cause of our problems.  That the economic downturn happened because our government didn’t tax enough, spend enough and control enough. And, therefore, as you heard tonight, his solution to virtually every problem we face is for Washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more. This idea – that our problems were caused by a government that was too small – it’s just not true. In fact, a<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87869&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama&#8217;s 2013 State of the Union Speech (Transcript)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he said, “to report the State of the Union – to improve it is the task of us all.” Tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, there is much progress to report.  After a decade of grinding war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home.  After years of grueling recession, our businesses have created over six million new jobs.  We buy more American cars than we have in five years, and less foreign oil than we have in twenty.  Our housing market is healing, our stock market is rebounding, and consumers, patients, and homeowners enjoy stronger protections than ever before. Together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger. But we gather here knowing that there are millions of Americans whose hard work and dedication have not yet been rewarded.  Our economy is adding jobs – but too many people still can’t find full-time employment.  Corporate profits have rocketed to all-time highs – but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged. It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class. It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country – the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or who you love. It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation. The American people don’t expect<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87859&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Liveblogging Obama&#8217;s State of the Union Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State of the Union has been broadcast by radio since 1923, on television since 1947, and in prime time since 1965. Tonight TIME will cover President Obama&#8217;s 2013 State of the Union address in real time through live tweets. Check it out below, along with the rest of our post-speech analysis on Swampland.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87721&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Bunker Duty at the State of the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa August</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Later tonight we’ll find out whom the White House picked as the designated successor to President Obama.  Since the dawn of the nuclear era, one cabinet officer has been singled out to miss the pageantry of the State of the Union (SOTU) address, and instead is dispatched to an undisclosed location in the event that if something catastrophic happens, a government leader will survive to lead the country. TIME talked to some cabinet officers from previous administrations about their experience sitting out the big game for such a nerve-racking cause. It turns out that just because the location was undisclosed didn&#8217;t mean it was always secure, or even particularly fancy. And like much in Washington, things became more serious after 9/11. A few days before President Bill Clinton’s final SOTU address, then Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson, got a call from Chief of Staff John Podesta joking that the president didn’t want him to come to the speech.  Someone from a security team later informed him that he needed to be in a location near Washington, so he and his wife drove themselves, accompanied by security, to the home of close friends in Sherwood, Maryland where they dined on home-cooked crab cakes and watched the speech.  “It caused quite a commotion in the small town neighborhood,” he recalls. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy got a call from Chief of Staff Mack McLarty at about 2:30 in the afternoon the day of the speech.  The Secret Service picked him up at his office and asked him where he wanted to go.  Since he was leaving town early the next morning he decided to ask them to take him home to his townhouse in Silver Spring, Maryland. About 7 or 8 agents joined the then-single Espy in his basement and dined on delivery pizza while they watched the SOTU.  About 30 minutes after the speech, one of the men got a message in his earpiece and said, “POTUS is secure” and they left.  Espy’s only regret was inconveniencing his neighbors who had to<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=87822&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Union: Why Is Apple CEO Tim Cook Sitting Next to Michelle Obama?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/02/12/state-of-the-union-why-is-apple-ceo-tim-cook-sitting-next-to-michelle-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Gustin</dc:creator>
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