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Nick Ragone is an author, attorney and public relations executive in New York City. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Rutgers University, and is a graduate of the Eagleton Institute of Political Science at Rutgers University (undergraduate) and the Georgetown University Law Center.
He is the author of three books: Essential American Government, Everything American Government, and President's Most Wanted. Nick is a regular contributor to the Fox News Channel and Fox Business, the PIX11 Morning Show, and has a weekly appearance on the popular Raph Bailey Radio Show. He co-anchored PIX11's five-hour live inauguration coverage with Jim Watkins and Kaity Tong.
Nick is a contributor to Donklephant.com, one of the most influential political blogs on the web, and has written for US News & World Report, The Star-Ledger, Real Simple Magazine and RealSimple.com. Nick has been quoted in over two dozen stories on politics, the presidency, and public relations. In December of 2007, Nick was named one of PR Week's 40 under 40 to watch, and in May of 2008 was featured in "Profiles of Success", a book about public relations. Nick lives in Jersey City, NJ, with his wife and two children, and spends what little free time he has obsessing on the Mets.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 07:15AM I appeared on WPIX11 this morning to discuss the president's State of the Union address. My basic take: he checked off all the requisite boxes, but it had no flow. I'm not sure I understand the president's agenda any more today than I did yesterday.
Politico.com had a great line -- "it hit the political erogenous zones" of every major group. Conservatives got some tax cuts and a spending freeze; liberals got a bank tax and new spending programs; even moderates got some bipartisan rhetoric on healthcare reform.
But there was no flow. 2010 will be all about jobs for the administration. Voters want to see job creation and deficit control. The rest of it is just background noise. That was the message coming out of the Mass specialist election. We'll see if the president got it ...