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FOLLOW.
DELIVERING THE RESPONSE TO THE
PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A
CHERISHED ASSIGNMENT, THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO A
PRIMETIME NATIONAL AUDIENCE IN
CONTRAST WITH THE PRESIDENT'S
VIEWS BUT IN RECENT YEARS, THE
RISING STARS HAVE FOUND THEIR
NATIONAL DEBUT HAS OFTEN BEEN
MORE DAMAGING THAN HELPFUL AND
SOME MAY WONDER IS THIS REALLY A
ROLE ANYONE WOULD WANT?
IN 2013 FOR FLORIDA SENATOR
MARCO RUBIO IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS
GRABBING A GULP OF WATER THAT
SENT TWITTER BUZZ ON FIRE.
>> AMERICANS ARE SPECTACLE OF
BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES AND THAT
SKEPTICISM IS JUSTIFIED.
>> Reporter: BUT HE WAS DROWNED
OUT BY THE FIRST TEA PARTY STATE
OF THE UNION RESPONSE DELIVERED
BY MICHELE BACHMANN, WHO SEEMED
TO BE LOOKING SLIGHTLY OFF
CAMERA.
>> A HISTORY-MAKING TURN.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE TWO
CAMERAS RECORDING HER SPEECH AND
SHE WAS LOOKING AT THE ONE WITH
THE TELEPROMPTER BUT THE VIDEO
U
USED BY MOST OF THE NETWORKS
USED THE OTHER ONE.
>> WHO ARE YOU LOOKING AT,
CONGRESSWOMAN?
>> Reporter: IN 2010, ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL REPUBLICAN
RESPONSES WAS DELIVERED BY THEN
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR BOB McDONNELL
BEFORE A CHEERING LIVE AUDIENCE.
IT MADE HIM LOOK ALMOST
PRESIDENTIAL.
BUT THE BAD LUCK OF THE
DELIVERING THE STATE OF THE
UNION RESPONSE STILL GOT
McDONNELL.
JUST LAST WEEK, HE AND HIS WIFE
WERE INDICTED ON CORRUPTION
CHARGES.
NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN IS LOUISIANA
GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL WHO GAVE
THE RESPONSE IN 2009 BUT HIS
DOWN HOME DELIVERY AND SMALL
TIME APPROACH DID NOT GO OVER
WELL WITH THE CHATTERING CLASS.
IT MAY HAVE HURT HIS CHANCE AS A
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER.
>> LIKE THE PRESIDENT'S FATHER,
MY OWN PARENTS CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY FROM A DISTANT LAND.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE SUFFERED
FROM THE STATE OF THE UNION
RESPO
RESPONDER JINX.
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IN 2008
DELIVERED THE DEMOCRATIC
RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH.
SHE'S NOW THE FACE OF AN
OBAMACARE ROLLOUT.