Episode
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Guest: Blogger Digby from Hullabaloo
Tonight is the big State of the Union (SOTU) address though that is not the story that kicks off The Majority Report. Sam reports, with a chortle, about Rahm Emanuel being kicked off the Chicago Mayoral ballot because of residency restrictions. Though it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy <You are… a douchebag>, it still seems like a BS ruling.
Update – Illinois Supreme Court justices deciding whether to hear Emanuel’s appeal.
Sam spins the classics and finds the Obama Administration’s favorite classic rock anthem: Don’t look back – because Karl Rove violated federal law and Eric Holder doesn’t seem to care. If there’s one thing these guys are great at is to only look to the future and not worry about the sins of the past.
Next Hullabaloo’s Digby comes on to talk about what we can expect from Obama in the State of the Union address tonight. She also helps feed Sam’s Social Security cut fatwa with speculation on what Obama might propose and the mindset of the Democrats when it comes to cutting Social Security.
Listen to the whole interview with Dibgy
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Tomorrow Sam will review the State of the Union and The Nation’s Eric Alterman will join us. Check out Eric’s most recent columns, The New Congress and the Coming Class War and A ‘Worm’ in the Neocons’ Plan to Bomb Iran?