Obama to Get ‘Optimistic,’ but Not Too Ambitious, in State of the Union Speech
Jan 27, 2014 Tuesday's State of the Union address practically writes itself: President Obama will gesture, once again, at the fanciful notion of bipartisan cooperation (while flexing executive muscle) and restate the need to rebuild America's middle class -- all with an eye on the Senate race in 2014 and beyond.
Dems Upstage the Prez
Jan 29, 2008 Because he lacks a legacy -- at least the good kind -- no one expected much from President Bush's final State of the Union address, which is probably why Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama managed to steal the spotlight. The Internet is buzzing over Monday's sideshow.Bush Goes Out With a Thud
Jan 29, 2008 George W. Bush, the president who lied America into a war that will end up costing trillions of dollars, scolded the Democratic-controlled Congress in his final State of the Union address on Monday for undermining "the people's trust in their government" with too many pet projects. Now that's chutzpah, coming from a man who never met a spending bill he didn't like unless it had to do with stem cells and sick children.
