The Hutchinson Political Report

President Obama’s State of the Union Speech Already under Fire

Published on 2011-01-23 09:23:00

Earl Ofari Hutchinson President Obama’s second State of the Union Speech scheduled for Tuesday, January 25 is under fire before he has even uttered one word of it. This was predictable. The State of the Union speech is generally one of the most watched and listened to political speeches. It’s a President’s report card on the accomplishments, the present and future planned initiatives of his administration and his vision for the country. GOP and Democratic presidents are keenly aware that

More Say they Like Bush than Obama Grates to No End

Published on 2010-12-07 11:14:00

Earl Ofari HutchinsonThe CNN poll in October that found that almost as many people said they liked George W. Bush as President Obama seemed like it was either a case of some drunk counting the numbers, or a headline grabbing ploy by CNN on a slow news day. The poll seemed to add even more insult to absurdity when it found that a statistically insignificant 2 percent said that Bush was a worse president than Obama. A year earlier Obama had more than a 20 percent edge over Bush in the number that

Stop the Rush to Judgment on Call for Clinton to Resign over WikiLeaks

Published on 2010-12-01 19:33:00

Earl Ofari HutchinsonSecretary of State Hillary Clinton must explain what she meant when she allegedly signed the much railed at orders in April and July 2009 that allege that she ordered US diplomats to spy on UN officials and others. But that hasn’t stopped the rush to judgment in the calls for her resignation. It’s not just a premature call, it’s a silly call. Yes, on the surface, it does look bad. The Secretary seeming to secretly order State Department officials to collect the fingerp