The speech audience questioned in the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll is about 8 to 10 points more Democratic than the general public.

So the numbers aren't quite so high as that. But still - that's pretty great.

Sadly, my experience was different. I was in a bar next to a group of young men making fun on the President. I wanted to say something really biting, but held my tongue.


"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

the GOP has found their weapon to win back voters and Congress.

It's TWITTER.

Really.

Thinkprogress' Radical Right Wing Agenda:

Gingrich's Bold New Idea: Using Twitter To Mock Democrats

Conservatives love Twitter. Many have embraced it as the future of the Republican party's outreach to young people. Prolific Tweeter Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) has said that such technology is "the next revolution that's going to take back the Congress."

Last night, former House speaker Newt Gingrich -- an inspiration to GOP congressional leaders like Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) -- promised to use conservatives' favorite new social media tool to "liveblog at on the obama/jindal speeches at 9pm, i will twitter and they will appear there as well, join us."

For the most part, he didn't talk about any of the bold, new ideas he's been promising. Instead, he used many of his tweets to attack both President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Some examples:

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OMG. wonder what they twittered on the Jindal attempt.

Good luck Newt, Eric...so bereft you're.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

"These are great numbers for Obama, but they are no better or worse that Bill Clinton or George W. Bush got after their first speeches to Congress," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

For example, 82 percent said they support the proposals Obama outlined in his speech tonight. After Bill Clinton's first address to Congress in February, 1993, 79 percent of speech-watchers supported his policies. And George W. Bush got virtually the same amount of support for his proposals after his first speech eight years ago.

Felt the same way...sort of 'eh'? And I think my reaction was because I've seen him speak live 4 times, and of course tons of times within the context of a campaign where the goal is to whip things up.

But most interesting to me was apparently the dial focus group testing that msnbc and othet networks did, wherein approval from McCain voters was as high as Dem voters. Clearly, Obama has a way of presenting liberal ideas in a very palatable context.