State of the Union Responses Announced

The Hill
reports that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) will give the official
Republican response to President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union
address, and Herman Cain will deliver the Tea Party Express response.

The
choices for speakers demonstrates the continued divide between the
Republican establishment, which chose a relatively moderate governor
with ties to the George W. Bush administration, and the Tea Party
movement, which selected a businessman who has never held elected office
and ran for president as an outsider.