Obama State of the Union: 27% Changed Channel after 5 minutes

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The bloom continues to fall off of the rose for Obama.

Another Look at the State of the Union Address: 27% Turned Away After First 5 Minutes

By Chris Ariens on January 27, 2012 1:47 PM

Kantar Media studied the tuning behavior of 100,000 households across the United States in the moments leading up to, during, and after President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Kantar, which monitors the media for global clients, examined eight networks that aired the speech live — ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, FOX, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and NBC.

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Obama State of the Union Plays To His Base, Speech at 8th Grade Reading Level

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State of the Union registers at 8th grade reading level

By BYRON TAU |

1/25/12 9:53 AM EST

President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.

The University of Minnesota's Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last 70 State of the Union addresses and found that President Obama's three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president. "Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.

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Obama Recycles 2010/2011 SOTU Speeches

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Haven't We Heard this Before?

11:46 PM, JAN 24, 2012 • BY DANIEL HALPER
The Republican National Committee has compiled this video comparing lines President Obama used tonight in his State of the Union Address with lines he used in previous addresses before Congress:

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