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...many of the other issues that comprised a major part of Obama’s campaign, a chorus of pundits, politicians, and voters immediately declared Obama’s agenda dead or, at least, majorly stunted. When he had the nation’s attention during the annual State of the Union, Obama had one goal to fulfill: convincing America that the remainder of his term holds a possibility for the actualization of health-care reform and other initiatives. And, as a rebuttal of Republicans’ and pundits’ claims, Obama’s State of the Union...
...about tackling the issue openly. Presenting a plan when he had the full attention of the media and the country as a whole was a transparent and direct way for Obama to debut his renewed commitment to equality for homosexuals in the military. Although Obama could have used the State of the Union to speak abstractly, he chose to announce specific policy initiatives—a very wise decision for a president trying to convince people that he is still capable of inspiring reform...
...reason to run for the hills—contrarily, they must work harder than ever to accomplish significant reform. After all, the Democrats still have a 59-seat majority in the Senate, a majority in the House, and control of the White House. As Obama’s first State of the Union address indicated, he is an able politician, and his party has no reason to abandon its entire agenda at this point in time...
...Franklin, class of 1904—at least not this year, when anything like FDR’s serenity and gentility comes across as aloofness. Obama will have to adopt a different model for his sophomore effort. If the president is to eliminate what he referred to in his State of the Union address as the national “deficit of trust,” he needs to engage the average American’s concerns of economic foul play more directly and more vividly. As Obama negotiates with Congress on a jobs bill and other long-term recovery...
...State of the Union address last Wednesday, Obama proposed a policy that would limit students’ debt payments to 10 percent of their discretionary income and forgive all student debt after 20 years—or 10 years for those who pursue a career in public service...