Article: POLITICS DWARF OBAMA SPEECH; PRESIDENT GIVES PATERSON A PAT, PRAISES CUOMO'S WORK.(News)(Column)

Byline: SEAN KIRST POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST

When something is truly awesome, it deserves awesome praise. So today we must step back and thoroughly admire the rancid theater that dominates politics in Albany, the one place where a detailed presidential address could be reduced to an afterthought by the snorts and cursing from the infighting we've come to expect.

Even the man who gave the speech could not avoid the fray. President Barack Obama went Monday to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, where he spoke about Upstate in a way that should have made us as happy as puppies whose tummies have been scratched. In a region we always figure will be ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!