Obama to reintroduce himself during State of the Union

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[traumer]

Populist or professor? Contrite or uncompromising?

President Obama will have a chance Wednesday to reintroduce himself to the nation when he delivers his first official State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

The prime-time speech, which will be aired on all major TV networks and cable stations, could hardly come at a more critical time for a president grappling with double-digit unemployment, sinking poll numbers and the possible collapse of his top domestic policy priority, an overhaul of the nation's health-care system.

"As often as the president has spoken over the past year, critics on the right and left have largely defined him," says University of Notre Dame American studies professor Robert Schmuhl. "For the State of the Union, he needs to redefine himself, who he is politically and what his core principles and policies are."

In Ohio on Friday, just three days after Democrats lost the 60th Senate vote that gave them an edge in pushing their agenda through Congress, Obama struck a decidedly populist tone.

Shunning a necktie for a midday town hall-style meeting in Elyria, Obama told the crowd again and again that he'll "never stop fighting" for them on issues from health care and jobs to education and accountability.

On Wednesday, however, the setting will be decidedly different: formal and steeped in history and tradition.

When he speaks to the nation from the House of Representatives' chamber, he will take "the biggest stage the president has" to speak to the people, says Michael Gerson, White House speechwriter for George W. Bush.

How he responds to last week's message from Massachusetts voters, who gave Republican Scott Brown the seat held by Sen. Edward Kennedy for nearly five decades, could set the political course for the next year and beyond.

[Mrs.Liberty]

That is exactly the song I started thinking of when I read the title of the thread. The Devil, Indeed.

[musicman]

"Obama to reintroduce himself during State of the Union"

[colorado tanker]

Wednesday night?

I think there's a re-run on Food Network I need to watch instead. Sorry, Barry . . . .

[kamikaze2000]

They want people to put more money into retirement accounts because they plan to take them over sometime down the road.

That was the first thing that came to my mind too. "We will make it easier to contribute to your IRA" could easily morph into "We'll force you to contribute more to your IRA". Then "We'll take your IRA".

Maybe it's cynical but I wouldn't trust any "help" from this government.

[traumer]

[a fool in paradise]

OBAMA 2010 - STILL BITTER

[Danae]

Question of the day.... Who has TOTUS decided Obama is gonna be today? Is it gonna be over or under the age of five? Take a guess and win a prize! /sarc tag not needed... Or is it? LoL

[traumer]

Obama to reintroduce himself as Soviet Union

[ColdOne]

This is a photo on http://mrs-o.org/ it is from People magazine. He may be able to fool them...

[Matchett-PI]

"Populist or professor? ...President Obama will have a chance Wednesday to reintroduce himself to the nation when he delivers his first official State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

"[3-year old] Future Leader breathlessly ran from the bathroom and said, "come quick, you have to see this!" "What, what is it?" "My biggest poop EVER!" I said, "son, now you know what it means to be tenured." ~ Gagdad Bob 1/25/2010

[Snurple]

Why would anybody listen to this wanker. Im sure there will be a few but not many.

[traumer]

[texgal]

I only hope that the American public remembers that no matter what he says he is now, he’s still an snake.

[texgal]

I only hope that the American public remembers that no matter what he says he is now, he’s still a snake.

[La Enchiladita]

The only words I want to hear from Barry Hussein are "Effective immediately, I resign the office of the president of the United States".

Same here.

[Matchett-PI]

"Obama to reintroduce himself during State of the Union"

[opentalk]

[La Enchiladita]

You have to think ahead. We could endure Biden until he similarly resigns and, by that time, we have taken back the House and deposed the Queen, i.e., the Speaker will be one of our own.

[La Enchiladita]

This is based on Oscar Brown Jr.’s “Mr. Kicks.”

[dforest]

Believe it or not, the idea has already been bandied about by the demonrats.