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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Jan 31

    I've had some time to digest the #sotu, and here's my take: Given who Trump is & that his goals are more ambitious than incremental governance, political survival, or even popularity (it's about redefining everything)--I'm not sure liberals realize how effective this speech was.

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      2. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Jan 31

        I'm not saying Trump is a good guy or even that his policies are wise. What I'm saying is that if I were Donald Trump, with all that entails, I would be hard-pressed to write a better speech than the one he delivered last night.

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      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Jan 31

        I also suspect that liberals inside the beltway won't fully appreciate the emotional impact the stories and "Lenny Skutnicks" that Trump frequently referenced in the speech will have on many middle Americans.

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      2. Harry Cheadle‏Verified account @HCheadle Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        effective in what sense?

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      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Jan 31
        Replying to @HCheadle

        Although he remains wildly unpopular and might just get himself impeached, I think he is shifting the Overton window in pretty amazing ways. Things that were once unthinkable are now possible. I think he even has a shot at immigration reform.

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      4. Harry Cheadle‏Verified account @HCheadle Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I think I agree with all that, just not sure that the speech itself did all that much to move the needle in terms of immigration reform or other policy

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      5. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Jan 31
        Replying to @HCheadle

        But that's a common lament about SOTU speeches. I think it did as much or more as could be expected. The question for me is if this is indicative of more to come, or just a one-time thing.

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      6. Pat Ryan‏ @Raytap1 Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis @HCheadle

        In other words, we grade Trump on a curve. How about we grade Trump compared to his actions not his words off a TelePrompTer Or we grade compared to other Prez?

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      2. Brian McNicoll‏ @McNicollb Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I was thinking their 2018 hopes took a huge hit. He offered solutions; they offered desultory protest.

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      2.  🌾MyNameMeansLady‏ @fiteswithheart1 Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis @HiCaliberLilGal

        Dems trying to keep seats warm, while President Trump is keeping promises! #SOTU

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      3. LisaJ‏ @elle_joe_kale Jan 31
        Replying to @fiteswithheart1 @mattklewis @HiCaliberLilGal

        Promises of divisiveness and divide aren’t the promises I’d like kept.

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      4.  🌾MyNameMeansLady‏ @fiteswithheart1 Jan 31
        Replying to @elle_joe_kale @mattklewis @HiCaliberLilGal

        It's hard to wake up in the dark. Keep trying, Lisa! Have a MAGA day! Bye! No reply needed.

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      1. JW Watch‏ @JW_Watch Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Once all the FBI nonsense and bias is exposed by the IG. Dems will lose independents by the bucket loads.

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      2. Todd Headlee‏ @ToddHeadleeAZ Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Nor do liberals realize how truly pathetic they looked last night sitting on their hands like a bunch of petty, spoiled-rotten school kids. #TheResistance is not a good look and it's beginning to wear very thin

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      2. Shriekin’ Conqueror‏ @jacadisjacadat Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        You're basing your observations on falsitys which seem to be of your own making. He didn't write the speech. Knowing who trump is, do you believe what you state?

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      3. marcella‏ @cella12 Jan 31
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        Truth!

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      1. Meg‏ @meg_liberace Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        If liberals (Trump is our pres too) didn’t find it effective, who did? The same people who would of thought Trump telling us about his golf game during the speech being profound. Effective would have been reaching people other than his base.

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      1. Robert Love‏ @RoberteLove Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis @EWErickson

        As of this morning, no one at my job is talking about the speech. I think you guys are in a bubble.

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      2. Jeff Goldman‏ @TheJeffGoldman Jan 31
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I think MAYBE they're starting to figure it out. We will see if they choose to quickly move past empty #Resistence and into solutions.

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